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cumbair

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From com- +‎ berr.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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cumbair

  1. short, brief, concise

Declension

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i-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative cumbair cumbair cumbair
vocative cumbair
accusative cumbair cumbair
genitive cumbair cuimbre cumbair
dative cumbair cumbair cumbair
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative cuimbri cuimbri
vocative cuimbri
accusative cuimbri
genitive cumbair*
cuimbre
dative cuimbrib

*not when substantivized

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: comair
  • Manx: cumir
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuimir

Mutation

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Mutation of cumbair
radical lenition nasalization
cumbair chumbair cumbair
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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