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cuimhnigh.

to remember; consider, think (with ar)

9 characters2 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈkiːnʲɪɟ/Munster/ˈkivʲnʲə/Connacht, Galway/ˈkiːnʲə/Connacht/ˈkivʲnʲiː/Connacht, Mayo
  1. to remember; consider, think (with ar)

    intransitive
    Caithfimid cuimhneamh ar an gcostas.
  2. to commemorate, remember

    transitive
    Cuimhnímid na mairbh inniu.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. to conceive, form in mind

Where this word comes from

From Old Irish cuimnigid (“recalls, remembers”). By surface analysis, cuimhne + -igh.

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