cuing

See also: cúing

English

Verb

cuing

1. Alternative spelling of cueing.

Noun

cuing (countable and uncountable, plural cuings)

1. Alternative form of cueing.

Derived terms

• retrocuing

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kiːɲɟ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /kɪɲ/

Noun

cuing f (genitive singular cuinge, nominative plural cuingeacha)

1. yoke
2. tie, bond
3. (geography) isthmus, neck (of land)

Declension

Declension of cuing (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cuing cuingeacha vocative a chuing a chuingeacha genitive cuinge cuingeacha dative cuing cuingeacha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an chuing na cuingeacha genitive na cuinge na gcuingeacha dative leis an gcuing don chuing leis na cuingeacha

Derived terms

• cuing an phósta (“the marriage yoke, wedlock”)
• cuing meá (“beam of balance”)
• cuing an mhuiníl (“nape of neck”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuing

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cuing	chuing	gcuing

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cuing”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “cuing”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cuing”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

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

• Irish: cuing
• Manx: quing
• Scottish Gaelic: cuing

Mutation

Mutation of cuing

radical	lenition	nasalization
cuing	chuing	cuing pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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, hindrance
4. stoppage
5. captivity
6. strait, difficulty
7. (nautical) yoke of a rudder

Derived terms

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

Mutation

Mutation of cuing

radical	lenition
cuing	chuing

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “cuing”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuing”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language