cuimhne

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cuimne (“faculty of memory; remembrance, memorial”),[1] 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

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuimhne
radical lenition eclipsis
cuimhne chuimhne gcuimhne

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cuimne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 152
  3. ^ 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”)
  • cuimhnich (“to remember, recall, recollect; commemorate”)

Mutation

Mutation of cuimhne
radical lenition
cuimhne chuimhne

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
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