Irish

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”)

Related terms

• is cuimhin le ‎(“remember”)
• cuimhneachán ‎(“commemoration; memento, souvenir”)
• cuimhnigh ‎(“remember”)

Mutation

References

• “1 cuimne” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “cuiṁne” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 152.
• "cuimhne" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal, page 106.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰuiɲə/

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”)

Related terms

• cuimhnich ‎(“remember, recall, recollect; commemorate”)