cuimrech
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkuṽʲrʲex]
Noun
cuimrech n (genitive cuimrig, nominative plural cuimrige)
- verbal noun of con·rig
- bond, fetter
- captivity
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 23b7
- Hóre am essamin-se precepte asmo chuimriug, is lia de creitfess.
- Since I am fearless in preaching out of my captivity, the more it is who will believe.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 23b7
Declension
| Neuter o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | cuimrechN | cuimrechN | cuimrige, cuimrega, cuimrecha |
| Vocative | cuimrechN | cuimrechN | cuimrige, cuimrega, cuimrecha |
| Accusative | cuimrechN | cuimrechN | cuimrige, cuimrega, cuimrecha |
| Genitive | cuimrigL | cuimrech | cuimrechN |
| Dative | cuimriugL | cuimrigib | cuimrigib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Middle Irish: cuibrech
- Irish: cuibhreach
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| cuimrech | chuimrech | cuimrech pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “cuimrech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language