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cuing

cuing

See also: cúing

English

Verb

cuing

  1. Misspelling of cueing.

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cuing, from Proto-Celtic *kom-yungis, from Proto-Indo-European *yung-, zero grade present stem of *yewg-.

Noun

cuing f (genitive singular cuinge, nominative plural cuingeacha)

  1. yoke

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cuing chuing gcuing
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kom-yungis, from Proto-Indo-European *yung-, zero grade present stem of *yewg-.

Noun

cuing f

  1. yoke

Descendants

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cuing chuing cuing
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish cuing, from Proto-Celtic *kom-yungis, from Proto-Indo-European *yung-, zero grade present stem of *yewg-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰɯ̃ĩŋʲkʲ/

Noun

cuing f (genitive singular cuinge, plural cuingean)

  1. (agriculture) yoke
  2. bond, obligation
  3. restraint, hinderance
  4. stoppage
  5. captivity
  6. strait, difficulty
  7. (nautical) yoke of a rudder

Derived terms

  • a' chuing (asthma)
  • eadar-chuing (heterozygote)

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9