cuimhne

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cuimne (“faculty of memory; remembrance, memorial”),<ref<G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cuimne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</ref> from cuman (“remembered, memorable”) (compare Breton koun).

Pronunciation

Noun

cuimhne f (genitive singular cuimhne, nominative plural cuimhní)

  1. memory (with ar plus the thing or person remembered)
    Tá cuimhne agam ar an lá sin. ― I remember that day. (literally, “I have a memory of that day.”)

Declension

Declension of cuimhne

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cuimhne cuimhní
Vocative a chuimhne a chuimhní
Genitive cuimhne cuimhní
Dative cuimhne cuimhní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chuimhne na cuimhní
Genitive na cuimhne na gcuimhní
Dative leis an gcuimhne

don chuimhne

leis na cuimhní

Derived terms

Related terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cuimhne chuimhne gcuimhne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 152
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 298, page 106

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cuimne (“faculty of memory; remembrance, memorial”), from cuman (“remembered, memorable”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cuimhne f (genitive singular cuimhne, plural cuimhneachan)

  1. memory, recollection
    Nach glan a’ chuimhne a tha agaibh! ― How accurate your memory is!
    Tha cuimhne agam ort. ― I remember you. (literally, “I have a memory of you.”)

Derived terms

  • bi cuimhne aig (“remember, recollect”)
  • cuimhneachan (“memorial, commemoration; remembrance, souvenir, keepsake, memento; memorandum; mnemonic”)

Related terms

  • cuimhnich (“to remember, recall, recollect; commemorate”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cuimhne chuimhne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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