cuspair

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish cuspóir m (“target, purpose, aim, object”) (compare Irish cuspóir), from Latin cuspis f (“point, tip”).

Noun

cuspair m (genitive singular cuspair, plural cuspairean)

  1. subject, topic
    is e seo an cuspair a bu toil leam bruidhinn air ― this is the subject I'd like to talk about
  2. subject (at school)
  3. (grammar) object
  4. (dated) object (of emotion)
    cuspair mo ghràidh ― my lover (literally, “object of my love”)

Mutation

Mutation of cuspair
radical lenition
cuspair chuspair

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

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