{"id":253,"date":"2010-06-05T23:34:12","date_gmt":"2010-06-05T23:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=253"},"modified":"2012-03-06T19:24:26","modified_gmt":"2012-03-06T19:24:26","slug":"more-phrases-about-memory-and-remembering-cuimhne-cuimhneamh-srl-including-amnesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/more-phrases-about-memory-and-remembering-cuimhne-cuimhneamh-srl-including-amnesia\/","title":{"rendered":"More Phrases about Memory and Remembering (Cuimhne, Cuimhneamh, srl.), including Amnesia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cuimhne <\/strong>[KWIV-neh]: <\/strong><\/p>\n

T\u00e1 cuimhne agam air sin<\/strong>.\u00a0 I remember that.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

T\u00e1 cuimhne na seacht nduine <\/strong>[NIN-yeh] aici<\/strong>.\u00a0 She has a wonderful memory, lit. the memory of (the) seven people.<\/p>\n

cuimhn\u00ed cinn, <\/strong>reminiscences, memoirs<\/strong><\/p>\n

cuimhneamh <\/strong>[KWIV-nyav or KWIV-nyoo or KWIV-neh] <\/strong><\/p>\n

cuimhneamh m\u00edosa <\/strong>[KWIV-nyav MEE-uss-uh], <\/strong>month\u2019s mind<\/strong><\/p>\n

cuimhneamh ar bheart <\/strong>[erzh<\/sup> vy<\/sup>art, vy<\/sup> like the \u201cv\u201d in \u201cview\u201d] <\/strong>(to think of a plan): <\/strong><\/p>\n

Go minic cuimhn\u00edonn Hermione ar bheart nuair a bh\u00edonn Harry agus Ron f\u00f3s ag caint, <\/strong>(Often Hermione thinks of a plan while Harry and Ron are still talking).\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

And finally, what\u2019s the opposite of all this?\u00a0 Well, we could start with the ordinary degree of forgetfulness that affects most of us.<\/p>\n

Some ways to say \u201cto forget\u201d are:<\/p>\n

dearmad a dh\u00e9anamh <\/strong>[YAYN-uv] ar X <\/strong>(very lit. \u201cto make a forgetting on X).\u00a0 Ex. Rinne m\u00e9 dearmad air sin <\/strong>(I forgot that, lit.\u00a0 I made a forgetting on that).\u00a0 This is the most common phrase for this purpose, in my experience.<\/p>\n

X a ligean i ndearmad <\/strong>[ih Ny<\/sup>AR-mud] <\/strong>(lit. to let X into forgetting). \u00a0Ex.\u00a0 Lig s\u00e9 sin i ndearmad <\/strong>(He forgot that, lit. he let that into forgetting).<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cDearmad\u201d <\/strong>can also mean \u201cmistake\u201d or \u201comission, as in \u201cRinne s\u00e9 dearmad sa rud sin\u201d <\/strong>(He made a mistake in that).\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

A few more fr\u00e1sa\u00ed dodhearmadta <\/strong>[FRAWSS-ee duh-YAR-muh-tuh] <\/strong>(unforgettable phrases):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mo dhearmad! <\/strong>[muh YAR-mud, silent \u201cd\u201d] <\/strong>(I forgot, lit. \u201cmy forgetting\u201d); a widely used phrase.<\/p>\n

seanfhocal<\/strong> (a proverb): Dearmad bhean an t\u00ed ag an gcat <\/strong>[DJAR-mud van uh tchee egg uh gaht].\u00a0 <\/strong>Whatever the housewife forgets is \u201cat\u201d (beneficial to) the cat (presumably food scraps, etc.). For pronunciation, note the \u201cbh\u201d as \u201cv\u201d, the omission of the \u201cn\u201d of \u201can<\/strong>\u201d in typical pronunciation (all dialects) and the eclipsing of the \u201cc\u201d of \u201cgcat<\/strong>.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cuir ceir\u00edn den dearmad leis!<\/strong> (Forget about it!, very lit. put a poultice of forgetting with it!).\u00a0 Not particularly common, fad m\u2019eolais, <\/strong>but intriguing, especially if you can imagine Johnny Depp talking to Al Pacino about poultices, i nGaeilge, ar nd\u00f3igh.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

And getting a little more full-fledged about it, there are two words for \u201camnesia\u201d<\/p>\n

ainmn\u00e9ise, <\/strong>basically an adaptation from the medical term, itself derived from Greek.\u00a0 Bh\u00ed aimn\u00e9ise ar Gregory Peck sa scann\u00e1n Hitchcock \u201cSpellbound.\u201d\u00a0 C\u00e9 a leigheas \u00e9?\u00a0 Ingrid Bergman, mar an Dr. Constance Petersen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

d\u00edth cuimhne, <\/strong>which means \u201closs of memory.\u201d\u00a0 This phrase uses the word \u201cd\u00edth\u201d <\/strong>(loss, lack, need, or want), which is found especially in Northern Irish, as in the question \u201cCad \u00e9 at\u00e1 de dh\u00edth ort?\u201d <\/strong>(What do you want\/need\/lack?, lit. What is of lack on you?).<\/p>\n

This last phrase is a lot like the traditional English street-cry \u201cWhat d\u2019ye lack?\u201d\u00a0 Although I don\u2019t think anyone really says it today (certainly not my local Wal-Mart greeter!), you might remember it from some earlier authors, like Oscar Wilde\u2019s \u201cThe Fisherman and his Soul\u201d or Richard Dering\u2019s \u201cThe Cries of London.\u201d\u00a0 Or, well, a play by Thomas Dekker that I\u2019ll leave unnamed for this \u201cblag a thaca\u00edonn le teaghlaigh.\u201d\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

When translating the phrase \u201cde dh\u00edth\u201d <\/strong>into English, one usually chooses \u201clack,\u201d \u201cneed,\u201d or \u201cwant,\u201d depending on context.\u00a0 One could pick more specific words, ach sin \u00e1bhar blag \u00e9igin eile!\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gluais: a thaca\u00edonn le teaghlaigh <\/strong>[uh HAHK-ee-un le TCHAL-ee], family-friendly; cad \u00e9 <\/strong>[KUDJ-AY] = cad<\/strong> = c\u00e9ard; fad m\u2019eolais <\/strong>[fahd MOH-lish], as far as I know \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cuimhne [KWIV-neh]: T\u00e1 cuimhne agam air sin.\u00a0 I remember that.\u00a0 T\u00e1 cuimhne na seacht nduine [NIN-yeh] aici.\u00a0 She has a wonderful memory, lit. the memory of (the) seven people. cuimhn\u00ed cinn, reminiscences, memoirs cuimhneamh [KWIV-nyav or KWIV-nyoo or KWIV-neh] cuimhneamh m\u00edosa [KWIV-nyav MEE-uss-uh], month\u2019s mind cuimhneamh ar bheart [erzh vyart, vy like the \u201cv\u201d in…<\/p>\n

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