conutaing

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • con·utuinc, con·utuing, con·futainc

Etymology

From com- +‎ uss- +‎ dingid.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈu.dəŋʲɡʲ/

Verb

con·utaing (verbal noun cumtach)

  1. to build, construct
    • c. 895–901, Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii, published in Bethu Phátraic: The tripartite life of Patrick (1939, Hodges, Figgis), edited and with translations by Kathleen Mulchrone, line 346
      Amen, ticfat tailcind, con·utsat rúama,
      Amen, priests [like Saint Patrick] who build monasteries come...
    • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Book of Leinster, Corm. L 1224
      ...nád fri canóin cáid cumtastar,
      ...that is not drawn up according to the holy canon...
  2. to decorate, embellish
    • c. 808, Félire Oengusso, page 156; republished as Whitley Stokes, transl., Félire Óengusso Céli Dé: The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee, Harrison & Sons, 1905:
      Is scrín nóeb con·utaing ór.
      He is a holy shrine embellished with gold.

Inflection

Complex, class B III present, reduplicated preterite, s future, s subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. cun·utgim con·utuing, con·utuinc; coto·futainc (with infixed pronoun da-) con·utangar
prot.
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut.
prot.
perfect deut. con·rotaig, con·rotoich; conid·rotig (with infixed pronoun -id) con·rótgatar con·rótacht con·rótachta
prot.
future deut. con·utsat
prot.
conditional deut.
prot.
present subjunctive deut. con·utastar
prot. ·cumtastar
past subjunctive deut. con·utsin
prot.
imperative comtangad
verbal noun cumtach
past participle cumtachtae
verbal of necessity

Descendants

  • ⇒ Middle Irish: cumtaigid (denominal from the verbal noun)

Mutation

Mutation of con·utaing
radical lenition nasalization
con·utaing
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 con·utaing con·n-utaing

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

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