cùm
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cum"
Scottish Gaelic
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish con·gaib. Cognate with Irish coinnigh and Manx cum.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kʰuːm/
- (Lewis) IPA(key): [kʰə̃ʉ̃m][1]
- (Islay, north and mid Argyll, Lochaber) IPA(key): /kʰumː/
- (Perthshire) IPA(key): /kʰum/
Verb
[edit]cùm (past chùm, future cumaidh, verbal noun cumail, past participle cumta)
- keep, hold
- Cùm seo dhomhsa gu Dihaoine. ― Keep this for me till Friday.
- Chùm i an taigh glan. ― She kept the house clean.
- Cha do chùm e ris a’ bhargan. ― He didn’t keep [his part of] the bargain.
- keep, continue
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| cùm | chùm |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
[edit]- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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