cuimbre

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• cuimre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkumʲrʲbʲe]

Etymology 1

From cumbair +‎ -e.

Noun

cuimbre f (genitive cuimbre)

1. brevity, shortness

Declension

Feminine iā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cuimbreL	—	—
vocative	cuimbreL	—	—
accusative	cuimbriN	—	—
genitive	cuimbre	—	—
dative	cuimbriL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Quotations

• c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 14^d3

  cid écen aisndís do neuch as doruid co léir, ní sechmalfaider cuimre and dano

  though it is necessary to explain carefully anything that is difficult, however brevity will not be passed by

Descendants

• Irish: coimre

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

cuimbre

1. inflection of cumbair:
   1. feminine genitive singular
   2. masculine/feminine/neuter genitive plural

Mutation

Mutation of cuimbre

radical	lenition	nasalization
cuimbre	chuimbre	cuimbre pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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