cuairt

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cúairt (“tour, circuit, circle”).[4]

Noun

cuairt f (genitive singular cuairte, nominative plural cuairteanna or cuarta)

  1. circuit; round, course
  2. (sports) round
  3. visit
    Cuairt ghearr is a déanamh go hannamh. (proverb)
    One should not wear out one’s welcome.
    (literally, “A short visit and not too frequent.”)
  4. occasion, time
Declension
Declension of cuairt (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cuairt cuairteanna
vocative a chuairt a chuairteanna
genitive cuairte cuairteanna
dative cuairt cuairteanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chuairt na cuairteanna
genitive na cuairte na gcuairteanna
dative leis an gcuairt
don chuairt 		leis na cuairteanna
  • Plural used with numerals: cuarta
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See cúirt.

Noun

cuairt f (genitive singular cuairte, nominative plural cuairteanna)

  1. Alternative form of cúirt (“court; manor-house, mansion; courtyard”)
Declension
Declension of cuairt (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cuairt cuairteanna
vocative a chuairt a chuairteanna
genitive cuairte cuairteanna
dative cuairt cuairteanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chuairt na cuairteanna
genitive na cuairte na gcuairteanna
dative leis an gcuairt
don chuairt 		leis na cuairteanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuairt
radical lenition eclipsis
cuairt chuairt gcuairt

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

References

  1. ^ “cuairt”, in Irish Pronunciation Database, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 168
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 275, page 97
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cúairt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cúairt (“tour, circuit, circle”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

cuairt f (genitive singular cuairte, plural cuairtean)

  1. (geometry) circle, orb, circumference
    Synonym: cearcall
  2. orbit
  3. circuit
  4. expedition, journey, pilgrimage, excursion
    Synonyms: turas, triop
  5. walk, visitation, round, ramble
    Synonym: sgrìob
    Ghabh mi cuairt. ― I took a walk.
  6. turn (somebody's)
    mo chuairt a-nis ― my turn now
  7. (sports competition, golf) round

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of cuairt
radical lenition
cuairt chuairt

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cuairt”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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