cuimhnigh
Irish
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkiːnʲɪɟ/[1]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): (Galway) /ˈkivʲnʲə/[2], /ˈkiːnʲə/; (Mayo) /ˈkivʲnʲiː/, /ˈkĩvʲnʲiː/[3]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɨvʲn̠ʲi(ː)/[4]
Etymology 1
From Old Irish cuimnigid (“recalls, remembers”).[5] By surface analysis, cuimhne + -igh.
Verb
cuimhnigh (present analytic cuimhníonn, future analytic cuimhneoidh, verbal noun cuimhneamh, past participle cuimhnithe)
- (intransitive) to remember; consider, think (with ar)
- Caithfimid cuimhneamh ar an gcostas. ― We must consider the cost.
- (transitive) to commemorate, remember
- Cuimhnímid na mairbh inniu. ― We remember the dead today.
- to 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.
- to 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.”)
- to conceive, form in mind
Conjugation
| indicative | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present | cuimhním | cuimhníonn tú; cuimhnír† |
cuimhníonn sé, sí | cuimhnímid; cuimhníonn muid |
cuimhníonn sibh | cuimhníonn siad; cuimhníd† |
a chuimhníonn; a chuimhníos | cuimhnítear |
| past | chuimhnigh mé; chuimhníos | chuimhnigh tú; chuimhnís | chuimhnigh sé, sí | chuimhníomar; chuimhnigh muid | chuimhnigh sibh; chuimhníobhair | chuimhnigh siad; chuimhníodar | a chuimhnigh | cuimhníodh |
| past habitual | chuimhnínn / cuimhnínn‡ |
chuimhníteá / cuimhníteᇠ|
chuimhníodh sé, sí / cuimhníodh sé, sí‡ |
chuimhnímis; chuimhníodh muid / cuimhnímis‡; cuimhníodh muid‡ |
chuimhníodh sibh / cuimhníodh sibh‡ |
chuimhnídís; chuimhníodh / cuimhnídís‡; cuimhníodh siad‡ |
a chuimhníodh | chuimhnítí / cuimhnítí‡ |
| singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| future | cuimhneoidh mé; cuimhneod; cuimhneochaidh mé† |
cuimhneoidh tú; cuimhneoir†; cuimhneochaidh tú† |
cuimhneoidh sé, sí; cuimhneochaidh sé, sí† |
cuimhneoimid; cuimhneoidh muid; cuimhneochaimid†; cuimhneochaidh muid† |
cuimhneoidh sibh; cuimhneochaidh sibh† |
cuimhneoidh siad; cuimhneoid†; cuimhneochaidh siad† |
a chuimhneoidh; a chuimhneos; a chuimhneochaidh†; a chuimhneochas† | cuimhneofar; cuimhneochar† |
| conditional | chuimhneoinn; chuimhneochainn† / cuimhneoinn‡; cuimhneochainn†‡ |
chuimhneofá; chuimhneochthᆠ/ cuimhneofá‡; cuimhneochthᆇ |
chuimhneodh sé, sí; chuimhneochadh sé, sí† / cuimhneodh sé, sí‡; cuimhneochadh sé, s톇 |
chuimhneoimis; chuimhneodh muid; chuimhneochaimis†; chuimhneochadh muid† / cuimhneoimis‡; cuimhneodh muid‡; cuimhneochaimis†‡; cuimhneochadh muid†‡ |
chuimhneodh sibh; chuimhneochadh sibh† / cuimhneodh sibh‡; cuimhneochadh sibh†‡ |
chuimhneoidís; chuimhneodh siad; chuimhneochaidís†; chuimhneochadh siad† / cuimhneoidís‡; cuimhneodh siad‡; cuimhneochaidís†‡; cuimhneochadh siad†‡ |
a chuimhneodh; a chuimhneochadh† | chuimhneofaí; chuimhneochthaí† / cuimhneofaí‡; cuimhneochtha톇 |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present | go gcuimhní mé; go gcuimhníod† |
go gcuimhní tú; go gcuimhnír† |
go gcuimhní sé, sí | go gcuimhnímid; go gcuimhní muid |
go gcuimhní sibh | go gcuimhní siad; go gcuimhníd† |
— | go gcuimhnítear |
| past | dá gcuimhnínn | dá gcuimhníteá | dá gcuimhníodh sé, sí | dá gcuimhnímis; dá gcuimhníodh muid |
dá gcuimhníodh sibh | dá gcuimhnídís; dá gcuimhníodh siad |
— | dá gcuimhnítí |
| imperative | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| — | cuimhním | cuimhnigh | cuimhníodh sé, sí | cuimhnímis | cuimhnígí; cuimhnídh† |
cuimhnídís | — | cuimhnítear |
| past participle | cuimhnithe | |||||||
| verbal noun | cuimhneamh | |||||||
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
- Alternative verbal noun: cuimhniú
Synonyms
- (remember): is cuimhin le, cuimhne a bheith agat ar
- (remind): meabhraigh, cuir i gcuimhne
Further reading
- 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
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “cuimhnigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cuimhnigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
cuimhnigh
- inflection of cuimhneach (“recollective; reflective, thoughtful”):
- vocative/genitive singular masculine
- (archaic) dative singular feminine
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| cuimhnigh | chuimhnigh | gcuimhnigh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947), The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 507, page 136
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 152
- ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 375, page 152
- ^ Hamilton, John Noel (1974), A Phonetic Study of the Irish of Tory Island, Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 3), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University Belfast, page 264
- ^ 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