n (-mm) c.¤
f.,
IGT Decl. § 14
. Later also com o.
(a)
body, breast, bosom, waist; also appar. (front or breast of) cloak, mantle,
covering
, and so freq. translated in editions; see O'Rahilly,
Celtica i 378
(cf. also meaning
protection
and phr. fo(a) ch.¤
below):
cuim chnáma uili in triar sin,
BDD² 925
.i. cen alt
indib,
LU p. 223 n.
ata agam com cnamha,
Duan. F.
i 86.7
`I am a mere mass of bones', Gloss. (cf.
Hermathena
xlviii 151
).
daine . . . co comaib imdroma each,
KMMisc.
317.4
.
tug a láim ina chuim ┐ tug da chuislinn ōrda as,
Fianaig. 58.13
. cach æn fo mbī c.¤ colcaidh whose body rests
on a mattress,
ZCP vi 265 § 26
.
idconnaic an naoidhe m-beg
ag tuitim a c.¤ na cumhaile,
ITS v 158.16
. in bhar c.¤
`breast',
Magauran 320
. im ch.¤ féin = in sinu mea,
TSh. 4935
.
sronnán id chom ar n-a chor (of aging body),
DDána 56.7
.
caomhthach do chuim,
O'R. Poems 2671
.
cum fairsing,
Desid. 3036
`belly', Gloss. fá chaol a chuim `about his waist',
Keat. ii 5116
. rochaidh an com re sruth (: corr) `belly or
sound-board' (of harp),
Manners and Customs ii 256.z
.
a com
mar chriathair beach,
Measgra D. 7.122
`forepillar of harp',
Gloss.
Extended uses;
vessel, container
:
im chomm, im stuagach,
im folderb,
Laws i 124.4
.i. ima cuairt .i. im belcumang .i.
in muide,
134.3 Comm.
h-i cóm airgit gil ┐ i ciste don crund
sin na crochi,
LB 233b22
. com Loch Dirg
`waist' (hollow ?),
O'Rah. 114.11
.
(b)
keeping, protection, shelter
:
com. . . . coimhéd,
Metr. Gl. 29 § 47
.
tabar com (.i. coimhéd) dún,
Rawl. B 512, 35a
(Meyer Contribb.).
bheith gan ch.¤ idir chách,
DDána 46.36
.
ní reichim . . . / c.¤ fheithimh `any shelter',
Aithd. D. 51.14
.
c.¤ caoineasa,
TSh. 8957
`a smooth covering', Gloss.
biáidh
mo dhóigh a ccuim do sciathán,
Psalms lxi 4
. cuim `a covert',
Eg. Gl. 174
. coimm ria ccioth (prov.)
refuge, resource
,
AFM vi 2140.21
.
(c) V. freq. with prep. FO: fá ch.¤ na néull anywhere under
the sky,
KMMisc. 248.9
. a cend fo ch.¤ cáich ar uair / oc
cungid neich nā fogébe peering at everybody(?),
Fing. R. 215
.
sa cheand ma ch.¤
with bowed head,
Magauran 2864
. cenn a
c.¤
a state of ignorance,
RC xxiv 369.6
. Of wearing or carrying
of weapons, etc. (in some exx. appar. with idea of concealment, see further below): meinister no bith fóa c.¤ fadesin
his own m.,
Trip.² 940
. do chlaideb fót ch.¤
(as a safeguard),
LU 6155
(TBC).
maeldorn findargait i n-intiuch bodba
fa choimm,
TBC-LL¹ 5211
.
calga . . . fo a cuimib,
IT iii 239.141
.
doboi E. amal gach mnai na trecumusc co craisigh forbthigh
fo c.¤
a concealed . . . spear,
LL 393b11
. a gcloidhmhe do
bheith nocht fá n-a gcoimibh aca `at their waists',
Keat.
ii 2102
.
Under the protection of:
in macc boi fo choimm,
RC xxii
400.15
=
foa ch.¤
,
LU 7938
=
choimb,
BDD² 1469
.
nongeibh
fot comm,
ACL iii 231.15
.
tolluid cach ben fo choím a
céli ammaig,
LU 8276
(
FB 21
). tabair do c[h]enn fom ch.¤
come under my protection,
BColm. 68.25
.
In secret, surreptitiously: fa ch.¤
`private',
P. O'C.
s.v.
com `waiste'. dunuc fot ch.¤
bring it without anybody knowing
(lit. under thy cloak ?),
Vita Br. 26
.
dorigne O. foa choimm /
liathróit,
Metr. Dinds. iii 248.89
. luid in íngean . . . ┐ craeb
draigín cona hairnib fo coím ┐ asbert cidh fil fom ch.¤
guess
what I have,
BB 362b41
.
mo ghairm ni cheilim fa ch.¤
,
Content. xxi 1
. Cf.
teora muimmecha táide: caill, c.¤,
adaig,
Triads 130
.
With other prepp.: ara c.¤
`before him(?)',
Ériu xix 83 § 9
.
for comairce ┐ coimm . . . na ndóine mor,
LB 156b32
. cu
tucad a n-oenchum re P. hē he was brought to P.,
Irish Texts
i 43.25
. a c.¤ Accla m'óenar under the shelter of,
Anecd.
i 27 § 22
.
i gc.¤ chalaidh,
RC xlix 173 § 30
. a gc.¤ nóna
at eventide,
171 § 17
.
Compds. co tarat a choimchriss immi
body-belt
,
LL 14044
.
id chlí choimghil,
Aithd. D. 85.12
.
crios clár gcoimshliom,
DDána 119.19
.
In n. loc.
o Chum Dínil i crích Corco Duibne,
LL 36138
.