Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Irish cuimnigid (recalls, remembers).[1] By surface analysis, cuimhne +‎ -igh.

Verb edit

cuimhnigh (present analytic cuimhníonn, future analytic cuimhneoidh, verbal noun cuimhneamh, past participle cuimhnithe)

  1. (intransitive) remember; consider, think (with ar)
    Caithfimid cuimhneamh ar an gcostas.We must consider the cost.
  2. (transitive) commemorate, remember
    Cuimhnímid na mairbh inniu.We remember the dead today.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.”)
  5. conceive, form in mind
Conjugation edit
Synonyms edit

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

cuimhnigh

  1. inflection of cuimhneach (recollective; reflective, thoughtful):
    1. vocative/genitive singular masculine
    2. (archaic) dative singular feminine

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cuimhnigh chuimhnigh gcuimhnigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cuimnigid(ir)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language