cuid

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪdʲ/

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 leabhar ― my books (lit. ‘my portion of books’)

   do chuid ceoil ― your music (lit. ‘your portion of music’)

   a cuid grianghraf ― her pictures (lit. ‘her portion of pictures’)

   ár gcuid físeán ― our videos (lit. ‘our portion of videos’)

   cuid éadaigh Sheáin ― Seán’s clothing (lit. ‘Seán’s portion of clothing’)

   • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, “Áindrías an Ime”, in A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of Glenties, page 196:

     Seachtmhain roimhe Shamhain chuaidh an Seónstanach siar ⁊ seacht ngearráin ⁊ péire cliabh air ghach gearrán fá choinne a chuid ime.

     A week before Samhain, Johnstone went back with seven geldings and a pair of panniers on each gelding for his butter.

Usage notes

• The measure-word meaning of cuid is not used with inalienable nouns like relatives and body parts (legs, hands, etc.):
  • deartháireacha an bhuachalla ― the boy’s brothers (not *cuid deartháireacha an bhuachalla)
  • mo chosa ― my legs (not *mo chuid cosa)
• However, cuid may be used with hair, teeth etc.
  • do chuid gruaige ― your hair
  • a chuid fiacla ― his teeth

Declension

• Ulster genitive singular: codach
• Alternative plural forms: codacha, codcha

Derived terms

• anchuid (“excessive amount”)
• mórchuid (“large amount, large number; greater amount, greater number”)

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 71

Old Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyjd/

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

• IPA^(key): /kʰutʲ/

Noun

cuid f (genitive singular codach, plural codaichean)

1. part, portion, share, ingredient

Usage notes

• Sometimes used where English uses pronoun:

  cuid dhiubh ― some of them (literally "part of them")

  a’ chuid eile ― the others (literally "the other part")

Declension

Derived terms

• an dà chuid (“both”)
• an dara cuid (“either (conjunction)”)
• aon chuid (“either (conjunction)”)
• cuideigin (“somebody”)