dìochuimhne

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish díchuimne. By surface analysis, dì- +‎ cuimhne (“memory”). Cognate with Irish díchuimhne.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd̥ʲiəxənə/

Noun

dìochuimhne f

  1. forgetfulness
  2. neglectfulness, oblivion

Derived terms

  • air dìochuimhne; air dhìochuimhne (“forgotten”)
  • dìochuimhneach (“forgetful”)
  • dìochuimhneachadh (“forgetting”)
  • dìochuimhnich (“to forget”)
  • leig air dìochuimhne (“to forget”)

Mutation

Mutation of dìochuimhne
radical lenition
dìochuimhne dhìochuimhne

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “dìochuimhne”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “díchuimne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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