cúraid

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Old Irish

Etymology

Similar to Welsh curo (“to beat”), derived from Latin cūra (“care, anxiety”).

Pronunciation

Verb

cúraid

  1. to chastise, to punish

Inflection

Simple, class A I present, s preterite, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative abs. cúrait
conj. ·cúrat ·cúrtar
rel. cúrtar
imperfect indicative
preterite abs.
conj. ·cúr
rel.
perfect deut. ro·cúr
prot.
future abs.
conj.
rel.
conditional
present subjunctive abs. cúrait
conj. ·cúrat ·cúrtar
rel. cúrtar
past subjunctive
imperative cúr cúrat cúrtar
verbal noun cúrad
past participle cúrtha
verbal of necessity

Mutation

Mutation of cúraid
radical lenition nasalization
cúraid chúraid cúraid
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

References

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