cúngach
Irish
Alternative forms
- cúngacht, cúngaraíocht, cúnglach, cúngrach, cúngracht
- cumhangrach, cumhgach, cumhgrach, cúmhgrach, cumhghrach (obsolete)[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
cúngach m (genitive singular cúngaigh, nominative plural cúngaigh)
- narrowness
- Synonym: cúinge
- congestion (accumulation, buildup; excess of traffic)
- strait (narrow channel of water; difficult position)
Declension
Declension of cúngach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cúngach | chúngach | gcúngach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “cúngach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 51, page 23
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cumangrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cumgrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cuṁangraċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 215
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúngach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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