cuimhnigh
Irish
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Old Irish cuimnigid (“recalls, remembers”). Surface analysis cuimhne + -igh.
Verb
cuimhnigh (present analytic cuimhníonn, future analytic cuimhneoidh, verbal noun cuimhneamh, past participle cuimhnithe)
- (intransitive) remember; consider, think (with ar)
- Caithfimid cuimhneamh ar an gcostas. ― We must consider the cost.
- (transitive) commemorate, remember
- Cuimhnímid na mairbh inniu. ― We remember the dead today.
- remind (with the thing being reminded of as the direct object and do plus the person being reminded)
- Chuimhnigh an t-amhrán a hóige di. ― The song reminded her of her youth.
- remind (with the person being reminded as the subject, ar plus the person doing the reminding, and le plus the person being reminded of)
- Cuimhním ar mo dheartháir le Séan. ― Seán reminds me of my brother. (literally, “I remember my brother with Seán.”)
- conceive, form in mind
Conjugation
conjugation of cuimhnigh (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
- Alternative verbal noun: cuimhniú
Synonyms
- (remember): is cuimhin liom, cuimhne a bheith agat ar
- (remind): meabhraigh, cuir i gcuimhne
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
cuimhnigh
- inflection of cuimhneach (“recollective; reflective, thoughtful”):
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cuimhnigh | chuimhnigh | gcuimhnigh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cuimnigid(ir)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Template:R:ga:Dinneen
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuimhnigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cuimhnigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cuimhnigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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