cuideachta

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cuitechta (“company, band, troop, following, retinue; accompaniment, companionship, society”), from con- + techt.

Noun

cuideachta f (genitive singular cuideachta, nominative plural cuideachtaí)

  1. company
    1. companionship
      Proverb: Is fearr uaigneas maith ná droch-chuideachta. ― It is better to be alone than in bad company.
    2. (commerce, law) company
  2. social amusement, fun

Declension

Declension of cuideachta (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cuideachta cuideachtaí
vocative a chuideachta a chuideachtaí
genitive cuideachta cuideachtaí
dative cuideachta cuideachtaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chuideachta na cuideachtaí
genitive na cuideachta na gcuideachtaí
dative leis an gcuideachta
don chuideachta 		leis na cuideachtaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuideachta
radical lenition eclipsis
cuideachta chuideachta gcuideachta

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

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