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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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quell; root kal, hard, as in clach, q.v., Norse hella, flat stone, etc. (Bezzenberger). Cf. Lat. cuelleus, bag, scrotum, whence O. Fr. couillon, Eng. cullion, testicles, Sc. culls. Hence cullbhoc, wether-goat, Ir. culbhoc.
cullachas, impotence, cullach, eunuch; from coll, call; see call.
culraoìnidh, goal-keeper (Suth.); from cùl and raon?
culuran, birth-wort, cucumber; see cularan.
cum, keep, hold, Ir. congbhaighim, inf. congmhail, O. Ir. congabin; from con and gabh, take. The G. cum is for congv or congbh, and the gv becomes m as in ìm, ciomach, tum, etc.
cuma, cumadh, shape, form, Ir. cuma, E. Ir. cumma, vb. cummaim:
cumail, keeping, Ir. cumail, congmhail; inf.to cum, i.e., cum-gabhail.
cuman, a milking pail; Gr. κúμβη, κúμβος, cup; Ger. humpen, bowl.
cumanta, common, Ir. cumann; from the Eng. common.
cumha, mourning, so Ir., E. Ir. cuma: I. E. root qem, qom; Eng. hum, Ger. hummen.
cumha, a stipulation, Ir. cumha, E. Ir. coma, bribe, gift, condition: *com-ajo-, "co-saying", O. Ir. ái, a saying, Lat. ajo? See adhan. Cf. cunnradh.
cumhachd, power, so Ir., O. Ir. cumachte, W. cyfoeth, power, riches, *kom-akto, root ag, drive, carry, Lat. ago, Gr. ἄγω, Eng. act, etc. (Stokes). The O. Ir. cumang, potestas, is doubtless a nasalised form of the root ag (=ang); it has been referred to the root ang, Lat. angere, etc., as in cumhang below, but the meaning is unsatisfactory. The word cumhachd has also been analysed as co-mag-tu-, where mag has been bariously referred to I. E. meg, great (G. μέγας, Eng. much), or I. E. mēgh (Eng. may, Lat. machina, machine).
cumhang, narrow, Ir. cúmhang, O. Ir. cumang, W. cyfang, *kom-ango-s; root ang; Gr. ἂγω, choke, ἄγχι, near; Lat. ango, angustus; Ger. eng.
cùmhlaidean, stipulations (Hend.):
cùmhnant, covenant; from M. Eng., Sc. conand, couenant, Eng. covenant, from O. Fr. convenant, Lat. convenire. M. Br. has comanant, W. cyfammod. Dial. plurals are cùmhlaichean and cùmhlaidean.
cumraich, cumber; from the Eng.
cunbhalach, constant, steady, Ir. cungbhailteach, firm, miserly; from cungbhail, keeping, Ir. inf. of cum, q.v.
cungaidh, instrument, accoutrements: *con-gen-, root gen of gnìomh, deed. See next.
