# cuing
## English
### Verb

cuing
* Alternative spelling of cueing

### Noun

cuing (countable and uncountable, plural cuings)
* 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: /kiːɲɟ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /kɪɲ/

### Noun

cuing f (genitive singular cuinge, nominative plural cuingeacha)
* yoke
* tie, bond
* (geography) isthmus, neck (of land)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
cuing
cuingeacha
vocative
a chuing
a chuingeacha
genitive
cuinge
cuingeacha
dative
cuing
cuingeacha
forms with the definite article
case
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

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuing”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 47, page 25
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 306, page 108

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuing”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cuing”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “cuing”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Middle Irish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

cuing f
* yoke

#### Descendants

* Irish: cuing
* Manx: quing
* Scottish Gaelic: cuing

### Mutation

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: /kʰɯ̃ĩŋʲkʲ/

### Noun

cuing f (genitive singular cuinge, plural cuingean)
* (agriculture) yoke
* bond, obligation
* restraint, hindrance
* stoppage
* captivity
* strait, difficulty
* (nautical) yoke of a rudder

#### Derived terms

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

### Mutation

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