cuimhnigh
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkiːnʲɪɟ/
- (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈkiːvʲɾʲə/ (as if spelled cuímhnigh); /ˈkiːmʲɾʲə/ (as if spelled cuímnigh)
- (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈkɪvʲnʲiː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɪvʲnʲi/
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)
- (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 edit
conjugation of cuimhnigh (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
- Alternative verbal noun: cuimhniú
Synonyms edit
- (remember): is cuimhin liom, cuimhne a bheith agat ar
- (remind): meabhraigh, cuir i gcuimhne
Further reading edit
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cuiṁniġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 209
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuimhnigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “cuimhnigh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cuimhnigh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
cuimhnigh
- inflection of cuimhneach (“recollective; reflective, thoughtful”):
Mutation edit
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. |
References edit
- ^ 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