cuimrech

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.β̃ʲɾʲəx/
  • (Blasse) [ˈku.β̃ʲɾʲex]
  • (Griffith) [ˈku.β̃ʲɾʲəx]

Noun

cuimrech n (genitive cuimrig, nominative plural cuimrige)

1. verbal noun of con·rig
2. bond, fetter
3. 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. 23^b7

     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.

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:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: cuibrech
  • Irish: cuibhreach

Mutation

Mutation of cuimrech

radical	lenition	nasalization
cuimrech	chuimrech	cuimrech pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuimrech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language