cú

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cu"

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cú (“dog, hound”), from Proto-Celtic *kū (compare Welsh ci), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”).

Noun

cú m or f (genitive singular cú or con, nominative plural cúnna or coin)

  1. hound, greyhound
    Nuair a chonaic Séadanta an cú ag teacht chuige, bhuail sé an crag leis an oiread sin nirt go ndeachaigh sé síos i mbéal an chon, agus trína chorp.
    When Sétanta saw the hound coming at him, he hit the ball with so much force that it went into the hound's mouth and through its body.
  2. (figuratively) hero, champion
Declension
Regular
Declension of cú

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cú cúnna
Vocative a chú a chúnna
Genitive cú cúnna
Dative cú cúnna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cú na cúnna
Genitive an chú na gcúnna
Dative leis an gcú

don chú

leis na cúnna
Irregular
Declension of cú

Irregular

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cú coin
Vocative a chú a choin
Genitive con con
Dative cú
coin (archaic, dialectal) 		coin

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cú na coin
Genitive an chon na gcon
Dative leis an gcú
leis an gcoin (archaic, dialectal)

don chú
don choin (archaic, dialectal)

leis na coin
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

cú

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter q.

See also

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cú chú gcú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 20
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 74
  3. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Mandarin

Alternative forms

Romanization

cú (cu2, Zhuyin ㄘㄨˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 徂
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 殂
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 豠

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cú, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ (cuna, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *kū (compare Welsh ci), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Pronunciation

Noun

cú m (genitive con, nominative plural coin)

  1. dog, hound
    • c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:
      Bui cu oca, no ditned in cu Lagniu uile. Ailbe ainm in chon, ocus lan hEriu dia aurdarcus.
      He had a dog; the dog protected all Leinster. Ailbhe was the name of the dog, and all Ireland was full of his fame.

Declension

  • Genitive singular: con

Descendants

  • Irish: cú
  • Manx: coo
  • Scottish Gaelic: cù

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cú chú cú
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ (cuna, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *kū (compare Welsh ci), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Pronunciation

Noun

cú m (genitive con, nominative plural coin)

  1. dog, hound
  2. wolf
    Synonym: macc tíre

Usage notes

  • The nominative singular cú irregularly causes lenition when used to create male given names, such as Cú Chulainn.

Declension

Masculine n-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cú coinL coin
Vocative cú coinL conaH
Accusative coinN coinL conaH
Genitive con conL conN
Dative coinL, cúL conaib conaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cú chú cú
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: cú

Noun

cú m

  1. Misspelling of cu.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *kuːʔ, of imitative origin. Compare Proto-Tai *ɡawꟲ (“owl”) (whence Thai เค้า (káo), Lao ເຄົ້າ (khao)), Chinese 鵂 (OC *qʰ(r)u), 鴞 (OC *ʷ(r)aw) (B-S).

Noun

(classifier con) cú • (鴝, 𫚱)

  1. an owl (bird)
See also
Derived terms

Interjection

cú • (鴝, 𫚱)

  1. (onomatopoeia) hoot

Etymology 2

Verb

cú

  1. to knuckle one's head
    Synonyms: kí, cốc

Etymology 3

Classifier

cú

  1. Used for a (usually quick) action.
    một cú điện thoại ― a phonecall

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