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Dalmatian
Verb
cuar (third-person singular present cuar)
- Alternative form of curro
Friulian
Alternative forms
- cuâr (alternative orthography)
Etymology
From Latin cornū. Compare Italian corno, Dalmatian cuarno, Spanish cuerno.
Noun
cuar m (plural cuars)
- horn (animals)
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish cúar, from Proto-Celtic *kukros (“curved”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, see also Proto-Germanic *hauhaz, Proto-Slavic *kuka (“hook”).
Adjective
cuar (genitive singular masculine cuair, genitive singular feminine cuaire, plural cuara, comparative cuaire)
- curved
- Synonyms: cuarach, cuartha
Declension
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
cuar m (genitive singular cuair, nominative plural cuair)
- curve
- (nautical) catenary
- Synonym: cuar slabhra
Declension
Derived terms
Verb
cuar (present analytic cuarann, future analytic cuarfaidh, verbal noun cuaradh, past participle cuartha)
- (transitive, intransitive) curve
- (transitive, intransitive, golf) fade
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| indicative
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present
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cuaraim
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cuarann tú;
cuarair†
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cuarann sé, sí
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cuaraimid
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cuarann sibh
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cuarann siad;
cuaraid†
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a chuarann; a chuaras /
a gcuarann*; a gcuaras*
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cuartar
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| past
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chuar mé; chuaras
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chuar tú; chuarais
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chuar sé, sí
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chuaramar; chuar muid
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chuar sibh; chuarabhair
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chuar siad; chuaradar
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a chuar /
ar chuar*
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cuaradh
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| past habitual
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chuarainn / gcuarainn‡‡
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chuartá / gcuartᇇ
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chuaradh sé, sí / gcuaradh sé, s퇇
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chuaraimis; chuaradh muid / gcuaraimis‡‡; gcuaradh muid‡‡
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chuaradh sibh / gcuaradh sibh‡‡
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chuaraidís; chuaradh siad / gcuaraidís‡‡; gcuaradh siad‡‡
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a chuaradh /
a gcuaradh*
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chuartaí / gcuarta퇇
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| future
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cuarfaidh mé;
cuarfad
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cuarfaidh tú;
cuarfair†
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cuarfaidh sé, sí
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cuarfaimid;
cuarfaidh muid
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cuarfaidh sibh
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cuarfaidh siad;
cuarfaid†
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a chuarfaidh; a chuarfas /
a gcuarfaidh*; a gcuarfas*
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cuarfar
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| conditional
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chuarfainn / gcuarfainn‡‡
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chuarfá / gcuarfᇇ
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chuarfadh sé, sí / gcuarfadh sé, s퇇
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chuarfaimis; chuarfadh muid / gcuarfaimis‡‡; gcuarfadh muid‡‡
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chuarfadh sibh / gcuarfadh sibh‡‡
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chuarfaidís; chuarfadh siad / gcuarfaidís‡‡; gcuarfadh siad‡‡
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a chuarfadh /
a gcuarfadh*
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chuarfaí / gcuarfa퇇
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| subjunctive
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present
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go gcuara mé;
go gcuarad†
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go gcuara tú;
go gcuarair†
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go gcuara sé, sí
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go gcuaraimid;
go gcuara muid
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go gcuara sibh
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go gcuara siad;
go gcuaraid†
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—
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go gcuartar
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| past
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dá gcuarainn
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dá gcuartá
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dá gcuaradh sé, sí
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dá gcuaraimis;
dá gcuaradh muid
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dá gcuaradh sibh
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dá gcuaraidís;
dá gcuaradh siad
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—
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dá gcuartaí
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| imperative
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cuaraim
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cuar
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cuaradh sé, sí
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cuaraimis
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cuaraigí;
cuaraidh†
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cuaraidís
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—
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cuartar
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| verbal noun
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cuaradh
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| past participle
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cuartha
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| cuar
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chuar
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gcuar
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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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