cuimrech

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Old Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cuimrech n (genitive cuimrig, nominative plural cuimrige)

  1. verbal noun of con·rig
  2. bond, fetter
  3. captivity
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 23b7
      Hóre am essamin-se precepte asmo chuimriug, is lia de creitfess.
      Since I am fearless in preaching out of my captivity, the more it is who will believe.

Declension[edit]

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cuimrechN cuimrechN cuimrige, cuimrega, cuimrecha
Vocative cuimrechN cuimrechN cuimrige, cuimrega, cuimrecha
Accusative cuimrechN cuimrechN cuimrige, cuimrega, cuimrecha
Genitive cuimrigL cuimrech cuimrechN
Dative cuimriugL cuimrigib cuimrigib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Irish: cuibrech

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cuimrech chuimrech cuimrech
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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