cuimhneach

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Irish

Etymology

From cuimhne (“memory”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cuimhneach (genitive singular masculine cuimhnigh, genitive singular feminine cuimhní, plural cuimhneacha, comparative cuimhní)

  1. recollective
  2. reflective, thoughtful

Declension

Declension of cuimhneach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cuimhneach chuimhneach cuimhneacha;
chuimhneacha2
vocative chuimhnigh cuimhneacha
genitive cuimhní cuimhneacha cuimhneach
dative cuimhneach;
chuimhneach1 		chuimhneach;
chuimhnigh (archaic) 		cuimhneacha;
chuimhneacha2
Comparative níos cuimhní
Superlative is cuimhní

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuimhneach
radical lenition eclipsis
cuimhneach chuimhneach gcuimhneach

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 98, page 39
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 298, page 106

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