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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish cuspóir m (“target, purpose, aim, object”) (compare Scottish Gaelic cuspair), from Latin cuspis f (“point, tip”). By surface analysis, cuspa (“object; objective, theme; model”) + -óir.
Noun
cuspóir m (genitive singular cuspóra, nominative plural cuspóirí)
- thing aimed at, target
- object; objective, purpose
- model, theme
- (grammar) object
- (philosophy) final cause
- (literary) bowshot
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| cuspóir
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chuspóir
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gcuspóir
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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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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuspóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cuspóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “cuspóir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cuspóir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.