cuimhneach
Irish
Etymology
From cuimhne (“memory”) + -ach.
Adjective
cuimhneach (genitive singular masculine cuimhnigh, genitive singular feminine cuimhní, plural cuimhneacha, comparative cuimhní)
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
- cuimhneachán m (“commemoration; memento, souvenir”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cuimhneach | chuimhneach | gcuimhneach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuimhneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cuimhneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cuimhneach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024