Cuimreach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Welsh Cymru (“Wales”) +‎ -each.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkumuɾəx/
  • Hyphenation: Cuim‧reach

Noun

Cuimreach m (genitive singular Cuimrich, plural Cuimrich)

  1. Welshman

Declension

Declension of Cuimreach (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative Cuimreach Cuimrich
genitive Cuimrich Chuimreach
dative Cuimreach Cuimrich; Cuimreachaibh1
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) Cuimreach (na) Cuimrich
genitive (a') Chuimrich (nan) Cuimreach
dative (a') Chuimreach (na) Cuimrich; Cuimreachaibh1
vocative Chuimrich Chuimreacha; Chuimreachaibh

1 obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Adjective

Cuimreach (genitive singular masculine Cuimrich, genitive singular feminine Cuimriche or Cuimrich, nominative plural Cuimreach)

  1. Welsh

Declension

Declension of Cuimreach (type I adjective)
masculine feminine plural
nominative Cuimreach Chuimreach Cuimreach
genitive Chuimrich Cuimriche, Cuimrich Cuimreach
dative Cuimreach Chuimrich Cuimreach
vocative Chuimrich Chuimreach Cuimreach

Mutation

Mutation of Cuimreach
radical lenition
Cuimreach Chuimreach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Mark, Colin (2003), “Cuimreach”, in The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 192
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