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Cuman

Cuman

See also: cuman

English

Alternative forms

Kuman

Noun

Cuman ‎(plural Cumans)

(historical) A member of a nomadic Turkic people of central Asia who ruled parts of Eurasia and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages.

Translations

member of the Cuman people

Azeri: Kuman
Bulgarian: кумани pl ‎(kumani)
Czech: Plavci pl
German: Kumane m, Kumanin f
Greek: Κουμάνοι pl ‎(Koumánoi)
Hungarian: kun (hu)

Khakas: хуман ‎(xuman)
Polish: Połowcy pl
Portuguese: cumano (pt) m
Romanian: cuman (ro), cumani pl
Russian: по́ловцы (ru) m pl ‎(pólovcy)
Turkish: Kuman (tr)
Ukrainian: половці m pl ‎(pólovci)

Proper noun

Cuman

The Turkic language spoken by these people.

Translations

language of the Cuman people

German: Kumanisch n

Khakas: хуман тілі ‎(xuman tílí)

See also

cuman

cuman

See also: Cuman

Old English

Verb

cuman

to come
Sceal se gast cuman. The spirit shall come.

Conjugation

Conjugation of cuman (strong class 4)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	cuman	tō cumanne
1st-person singular	cume	cwom, com
2nd-person singular	cymst	cwōme, cōme
3rd-person singular	cymþ	cwom, com
plural	cumaþ	cwōmon, cōmon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	cume	cwōme, cōme
plural	cumen	cwōmen, cōmen
imperative
singular	cum, cym
plural	cumaþ
participle	present	past
	cumende	(ge)cumen

Descendants

Middle English: comen, cumen
- English: come
- Scots: cum

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cuman m

milking pail