cumtach

Old Irish[edit]

cumtach n (genitive cumtaig)

verbal noun of con·utaing: construction
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 131^c8
  onaib tollaidib bite o[c] cumtuch són
  by the stonecutters engaged in construction
A structure or object that contains other objects, such as a case, container, or cover.
- c. 810, Biblical Glosses in the Book Armagh, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 494–98, Ardm. 18^a2
  Du·bbert Pátricc cumtach du Fiacc, idon clocc ⁊ menstir ⁊ bachall ⁊ poolire.
  St. Patrick gave St. Fiacc a case [containing] a bell, a reliquary, a crozier, and a writing tablet.
decoration, embellishment
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 72^a5
  .i. tre sóinmigi ⁊ chumtach Sión
  i.e. through the prosperity and decoration of Zion

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cumtach^N	cumtach^N	cumtach^L, cumtacha
Vocative	cumtach^N	cumtach^N	cumtach^L, cumtacha
Accusative	cumtach^N	cumtach^N	cumtach^L, cumtacha
Genitive	cumtaig^L	cumtach	cumtach^N
Dative	cumtuch^L	cumtachaib	cumtachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Middle Irish: cumdach
- Irish: cumhdach
- Manx: coodagh
- Scottish Gaelic: còmhdach
- → English: cumdach

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cumtach	chumtach	cumtach pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.