cuibhreann

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Irish

FWOTD – 7 July 2020

Etymology

From Old Irish cuibrend.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

cuibhreann m (genitive singular cuibhrinn, nominative plural cuibhrinn)

  1. part, portion
  2. enclosed field
    • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
      Nuair a chuaidh sé giobhta eile, chonnaic sé cuibhreann talmhan ⁊ scota mór caorach ann, ⁊ bhí siad ramhar, feolmhar, beathaiste, gidh nach robh an féar acht go han-lom.
      When he went a little farther, he saw an enclosed field of ground with a flock of sheep in it, and they were fat, fleshy, and in prime condition, though the grass was very bare.

Declension

Declension of cuibhreann

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cuibhreann cuibhrinn
Vocative a chuibhrinn a chuibhreanna
Genitive cuibhrinn cuibhreann
Dative cuibhreann cuibhrinn

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cuibhreann na cuibhrinn
Genitive an chuibhrinn na gcuibhreann
Dative leis an gcuibhreann

don chuibhreann

leis na cuibhrinn

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cuibhreann chuibhreann gcuibhreann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuibrenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 324, page 113

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cuibrend.

Noun

cuibhreann m (genitive singular cuibhrinn, plural cuibhreannan or cuibhrinnean)

  1. part, section
  2. (finance) instalment
  3. allowance

Synonyms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cuibhreann chuibhreann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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