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

Descendants

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

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
con·utaing unchanged con·n-utaing
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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