cing
Albanian
Etymology
Nasal variation of cek. Compare Ancient Greek θιγγάνω (thingánō).
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʲiŋʲɡʲ/
Verb
·cing
- third-person singular present indicative conjunct of cingid
cing
- second-person singular imperative of cingid
Etymology 2
From Proto-Celtic *kengets.[1]
Noun
cing m (genitive cinged)
- warrior, champion
- c. 808, Félire Oengusso, Feb. 14; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:
- Hi rroí Ualentini, Marcellus ro·ringed; i flaith Chríst, ro·clandad ochtmoga cáin cinged.
- In the field of Valentinus, Marcellus was mangled; in the kingdom of Christ, eighty fair champions have been planted.
Inflection
| Masculine t-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | cing | cingidL, cing | cingid |
| Vocative | cing | cingidL, cing | cingeda |
| Accusative | cingidN | cingidL, cing | cingeda |
| Genitive | cinged | cinged | cingedN |
| Dative | cingidL | cingedaib | cingedaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Middle Irish: cing
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| cing | ching | cing pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kenget-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 200
Further reading
- (warrior): G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cing”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Romanian
Verb
cing
- inflection of cinge:
- first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- third-person plural present indicative
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