congbhaim

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‘I keep, maintain’; indic. fut, 3 sg. gcuingēbhaidh sé 13.5; 1 pl. gcuinnēbham 38.7; vb. n. cungmháil 19.2, 35.23; congbhāil 44.18

Aibidil Gaoidheilge & Caiticiosma: Seaán Ó Cearnaigh's Irish primer of religion, published in 1571. Editor: Brian Ó Cuív.

I keep. Imper. 2 pl. connmhaibh (<congbhaidh), 3479

Poems on the O'Reillys. Editor: James Carney.

I keep, preserve, retain (withhold, 10090), 5188; restrain, keep back (from, ó, 6510, 10090); pres., 10610; imperat. 3rd sg., 6848; pret. do chongaibh i n-áirde é, ‘held it up, aloft,’ 1000; ‘kept the garment from being worn,’ 3111, 10003; pass. –bhaighthear (-bhathar), ‘is withheld,’ 6510, 10029

Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Osborn Bergin.