cuimil

Irish

Alternative forms

cimil (Munster)
cumail (Ulster)^[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish cuimlid, comlaid, from Old Irish con·meil.^[2]

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈcimʲəlʲ/^[3] (corresponding to the form cimil)
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkimʲəlʲ/, /ˈkɨmʲəlʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɞmˠəlʲ/^[4] (corresponding to the form cumail)

Verb

cuimil (present analytic cuimlíonn, future analytic cuimleoidh, verbal noun cuimilt, past participle cuimilte)

to rub, wipe

Conjugation

Conjugation of *cuimil* (second conjugation)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	cuimlím	cuimlíonn tú; cuimlír^†	cuimlíonn sé, sí	cuimlímid; cuimlíonn muid	cuimlíonn sibh	cuimlíonn siad; cuimlíd^†	a chuimlíonn; a chuimlíos	cuimlítear
past	chuimil mé; chuimlíos	chuimil tú; chuimlís	chuimil sé, sí	chuimlíomar; chuimil muid	chuimil sibh; chuimlíobhair	chuimil siad; chuimlíodar	a chuimil	cuimlíodh
past habitual	chuimlínn / cuimlínn^‡	chuimlíteá / cuimlíteá^‡	chuimlíodh sé, sí / cuimlíodh sé, sí^‡	chuimlímis; chuimlíodh muid / cuimlímis^‡; cuimlíodh muid^‡	chuimlíodh sibh / cuimlíodh sibh^‡	chuimlídís; chuimlíodh / cuimlídís^‡; cuimlíodh siad^‡	a chuimlíodh	chuimlítí / cuimlítí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	cuimleoidh mé; cuimleod; cuimleochaidh mé^†	cuimleoidh tú; cuimleoir^†; cuimleochaidh tú^†	cuimleoidh sé, sí; cuimleochaidh sé, sí^†	cuimleoimid; cuimleoidh muid; cuimleochaimid^†; cuimleochaidh muid^†	cuimleoidh sibh; cuimleochaidh sibh^†	cuimleoidh siad; cuimleoid^†; cuimleochaidh siad^†	a chuimleoidh; a chuimleos; a chuimleochaidh^†; a chuimleochas^†	cuimleofar; cuimleochar^†
conditional	chuimleoinn; chuimleochainn^† / cuimleoinn^‡; cuimleochainn^†^‡	chuimleofá; chuimleochthá^† / cuimleofá^‡; cuimleochthá^†^‡	chuimleodh sé, sí; chuimleochadh sé, sí^† / cuimleodh sé, sí^‡; cuimleochadh sé, sí^†^‡	chuimleoimis; chuimleodh muid; chuimleochaimis^†; chuimleochadh muid^† / cuimleoimis^‡; cuimleodh muid^‡; cuimleochaimis^†^‡; cuimleochadh muid^†^‡	chuimleodh sibh; chuimleochadh sibh^† / cuimleodh sibh^‡; cuimleochadh sibh^†^‡	chuimleoidís; chuimleodh siad; chuimleochaidís^†; chuimleochadh siad^† / cuimleoidís^‡; cuimleodh siad^‡; cuimleochaidís^†^‡; cuimleochadh siad^†^‡	a chuimleodh; a chuimleochadh^†	chuimleofaí; chuimleochthaí^† / cuimleofaí^‡; cuimleochthaí^†^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go gcuimlí mé; go gcuimlíod^†	go gcuimlí tú; go gcuimlír^†	go gcuimlí sé, sí	go gcuimlímid; go gcuimlí muid	go gcuimlí sibh	go gcuimlí siad; go gcuimlíd^†	—	go gcuimlítear
past	dá gcuimlínn	dá gcuimlíteá	dá gcuimlíodh sé, sí	dá gcuimlímis; dá gcuimlíodh muid	dá gcuimlíodh sibh	dá gcuimlídís; dá gcuimlíodh siad	—	dá gcuimlítí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	cuimlím	cuimil	cuimlíodh sé, sí	cuimlímis	cuimlígí; cuimlídh^†	cuimlídís	—	cuimlítear

past participle	cuimilte

verbal noun	cuimilt

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Alternative verbal noun: cuimleáil

Derived terms

cuimil an mháilín

Mutation

Mutated forms of *cuimil*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
cuimil	chuimil	gcuimil

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

References

^ “cuimil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “con·meil”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000), Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 279, page 132
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 196