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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish cubhar, from Old Irish cubar.
Alternative forms
Noun
cúr m (genitive singular cúir)
- foam, froth
Declension
Synonyms
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Etymology 2
Noun
cúr m (genitive singular cúir, nominative plural cúir)
- kite (bird)
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| cúr
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chúr
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gcúr
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cubar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language