cúngach

cúngach

Irish

Alternative forms

• cúngacht, cúngaraíocht, cúnglach, cúngrach, cúngracht
• cumhangrach, cumhgach, cumhgrach, cúmhgrach, cumhghrach (obsolete)

Etymology

From cúng +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːŋ(ɡ)əx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkũːɡla(x)/[1] (corresponding to the form cúnglach)

Noun

cúngach m (genitive singular cúngaigh, nominative plural cúngaigh)

1. narrowness

   Synonym: cúinge

2. congestion (accumulation, buildup; excess of traffic)
3. strait (narrow channel of water; difficult position)

Declension

Declension of cúngach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cúngach cúngaigh Vocative a chúngaigh a chúngacha Genitive cúngaigh cúngach Dative cúngach cúngaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cúngach na cúngaigh Genitive an chúngaigh na gcúngach Dative leis an gcúngach don chúngach leis na cúngaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cúngach	chúngach	gcúngach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “cúngach” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cumangrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cumgrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “cuṁangraċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 215.
• "cúngach" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 23