cuid

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cuit (part, portion, share), from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (compare Welsh peth (thing), Breton pezh (piece)). Doublet of píosa.

Pronunciation

Noun

cuid f (genitive singular coda, nominative plural codanna or codacha or codcha)

  1. part
  2. portion
  3. used with non-inalienable mass nouns and plural count nouns as a kind of measure word after a possessive pronoun or before a genitive
    mo chuid leabharmy books (lit. ‘my portion of books’)
    do chuid ceoilyour music (lit. ‘your portion of music’)
    a cuid grianghrafher pictures (lit. ‘her portion of pictures’)
    ár gcuid físeánour videos (lit. ‘our portion of videos’)
    cuid éadaigh SheáinSeán’s clothing (lit. ‘Seán’s portion of clothing’)

Usage notes

  • The measure-word meaning of cuid is not generally used with inalienable nouns like relatives and body parts (legs, hands, etc.):
    • deartháireacha an bhuachallathe boy’s brothers (not *cuid deartháireacha an bhuachalla)
    • mo chosamy legs (not *mo chuid cosa)
  • However, cuid may be used with hair, teeth etc.
    • do chuid gruaigeyour hair
    • a chuid fiaclahis teeth

Declension

Declension of cuid (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cuid codanna
vocative a chuid a chodanna
genitive coda codanna
dative cuid codanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chuid na codanna
genitive na coda na gcodanna
dative leis an gcuid
don chuid
leis na codanna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuid
radical lenition eclipsis
cuid chuid gcuid

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 136, page 71
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 402, page 133
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch , Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 152

Further reading

Old Occitan

Pronunciation

Verb

cuid

  1. first-person singular present of cuidar

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cuit (part, portion, share), from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (compare Welsh peth (thing), Breton pezh (piece)). Doublet of pìos.

Pronunciation

Noun

cuid f (genitive singular codach, plural codaichean)

  1. part, portion, share, ingredient

Usage notes

  • Sometimes used where English uses pronoun:
    cuid dhiubhsome of them (literally "part of them")
    a’ chuid eilethe others (literally "the other part")

Declension

Declension of cuid
indefinite
singular plural
nominative cuid codaichean
genitive codach chodaichean
dative cuid codaichean
definite
singular plural
nominative (a') chuid (na) codaichean
genitive (na) codach (nan) codaichean
dative (a') chuid (na) codaichean
vocative chuid chodaiche

Derived terms