Cuimreach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Welsh Cymru (“Wales”) +‎ -each.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkumuɾəx/
• Hyphenation: Cuim‧reach

Noun

Cuimreach m (genitive singular Cuimrich, plural Cuimrich)

1. Welshman

Declension

Declension of Cuimreach (type I masculine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	Cuimreach	Cuimrich
genitive	Cuimrich	Chuimreach
dative	Cuimreach	Cuimrich; Cuimreachaibh✝
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) Cuimreach	(na) Cuimrich
genitive	(a') Chuimrich	(nan) Cuimreach
dative	(a') Chuimreach	(na) Cuimrich; Cuimreachaibh✝
vocative	Chuimrich	Chuimreacha

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Adjective

Cuimreach (genitive singular masculine Cuimrich, genitive singular feminine Cuimriche or Cuimrich, nominative plural Cuimreach)

1. Welsh

Declension

Declension of Cuimreach (type I adjective)

	masculine	feminine	plural
nominative	Cuimreach	Chuimreach	Cuimreach
genitive	Chuimrich	Cuimriche, Cuimrich	Cuimreach
dative	Cuimreach	Chuimrich	Cuimreach
vocative	Chuimrich	Chuimreach	Cuimreach

Related terms

• a' Chuimrigh (“Wales”)
• Cuimris (“Welsh”)

Mutation

Mutation of Cuimreach

radical	lenition
Cuimreach	Chuimreach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Colin Mark (2003) “Cuimreach”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 192