adj
u,
GOI § 358
. Also -ang, -ong, -ucc;
cumhand (= -nn),
Mackinnon Cat. 90.5
(see
Wortk. 68
).
Narrow; constricted; close; compressed, restricted; constrained: is c.¤ fuirib-si . . . occa nairitin na forcetal gl. angustiamini
in uisceribus uestrís,
Wb. 16a12
. timmthastaib no cumcaib
gl. fixis labris,
Sg. 6a17
.
drochet cóel ┐ c.¤
,
LU 2155
.
chumu[n]c,
2160
. ? hi cocill chumucc anxious(?),
5505
(TBC).
muinchend cumuṅg
,
79
.
i mbernaid cumaiṅg,
TBC-LL² 1799
.
cnú chumang chíar,
Metr. Dinds. iii 144.5
.
srotha . . .
cumhga,
Lism. L. 3661
.
ger-ua cumgai na doirsi,
TTebe
3866
.
in dabuch . . . / fairsing ndési, cumang trír,
Acall.
3926
.
cuimge leo doirrsi na catrach,
BB 436b8
.
c.¤ . . . sét
na bethad,
PH 4002
.
co ceimeannaibh cumgae,
Stair Erc.
234
.
'na gcró-bhuaile chumhaing,
TSh. 6696
. Tūadmuma
nach cumang cath `not scanty in battalions',
Ériu ii 50 § 2
.
tír nach cumang móin,
Ériu iv 228.7
.
More abstract applications: cumge airberta `close prac-
titioners' (of women),
Tec. Corm. 32.78
.
is cumhang an
chumha,
Aithd. D. 6.8
.
dá cridheise is cumhong,
18.25
.
is
rian chumhang . . . / teacht d'ḟulang pian i bpríosún,
DDána
37.14
. cumhang le cách a chomhtha `too small',
RC xlix
171 § 19
. an chomhairle chumhang `small-minded',
Content.
ii 47
. dream nar cumang ré cliaraibh mean,
Duan. F. ii
378 § 29
.
Compar.
is cumga . . . quidim . . . quam a inde,
Auraic.
3397
.
ní is cunga,
Isaiah xxviii 20
. As superl.
do chleith cró
as cumnga,
IGT Abstr. Nouns ex. 1004
. gach uair . . . is
cumga an ainail `most difficult' (breathing),
RC xlix 51.9
.
feibh as cuimge conrangattar as tightly as possible (of fetters),
AFM vi 1904.9
. Adv. co c.¤
gl. anxie,
Laud 610, 24a
cited
Contribb. 567
.
As subst. nepuid hi cumgaib gl. eluctatus omnes angustias,
Ml. 122a11
.
tar cumang mo chraois,
Ériu iii 148 § 3
. a
breith a cumang sraiti `the narrow part of the street',
Laws iii
184.19 Comm.
? gabur raith do c.¤ ┐ aitire do raith (process
in recovery of a debt) `a competent surety'(?),
Laws i 120.2
. Portion (centre loin ?) of meat:
a cumang ni turbadach 'not mean the portion'
Angus Matheson Essays 121 § 7
.
As river-name:pn
Cumuṅg
,
TBC-LL² 3608
.
Compds. With nouns:
asin ccumhangcharcair,
Hugh Roe² 264.x
. asan ccumhang cuimbreach (sic),
328.21
. With
adj.:
lama lenaim. / cumangtholl,
IT iii 77.8
.
See cúac.