cuimhne

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cuimne (“faculty of memory; remembrance, memorial”), from cuman (“remembered, memorable”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkiːnʲə/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈkɪmʲnə/, /ˈkɪvʲnə/[1]
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈkiːmʲɾʲə/, /ˈkiːvʲɾʲə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɪmʲnʲə/, /ˈkɪ̃vʲnʲə/[2]

Noun

cuimhne f (genitive singular cuimhne, nominative plural cuimhní)

  1. memory (with ar plus the thing or person remembered)
    Tá cuimhne agam ar an lá sin.
    I remember that day.

Declension

Derived terms

  • buanchuimhne (“lasting remembrance”)
  • cuimhneach (“recollective; reflective, thoughtful”)
  • cuir i gcuimhne (“remind”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cuimhne chuimhne gcuimhne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 152.
  2. ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 106, § 298.

Further reading

  • “1 cuimne” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “cuiṁne” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "cuimhne" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cuimne (“faculty of memory; remembrance, memorial”), from cuman (“remembered, memorable”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰuiɲə/

Noun

cuimhne f (genitive singular cuimhne, plural cuimhneachan)

  1. memory, recollection
    Nach glan a’ chuimhne a tha agaibh! — How accurate your memory is!
    Tha cuimhne agam ort. — I remember you. [literally I have a memory of you.]

Derived terms

  • bi cuimhne aig (“remember, recollect”)
  • cuimhneachan (“memorial, commemoration; remembrance, souvenir, keepsake, memento; memorandum; mnemonic”)
  • cuimhnich (“remember, recall, recollect; commemorate”)
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