cuir i gcuimhne

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, to put in memory

Verb[edit]

cuir i gcuimhne

  1. to call up, suggest, evoke, be reminiscent of
    Cuireann an ceol seo saothar luath Mhozart i gcuimhne.
    This music is reminiscent of Mozart's early work.
  2. to remind (with the thing reminded of as the direct object and the person reminded as the object of do)
    Cuireann an phéintéireacht sin mo mháthair i gcuimhne dom.
    That painting reminds me of my mother.
    (literally, “This painting puts my mother into memory for me.”)

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cuir i gcuimhne chuir i gcuimhne gcuir i gcuimhne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.