cúr
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish cubhar, from Old Irish cubar.
Alternative forms
- cubhar (superseded)
Noun
cúr m (genitive singular cúir)
Declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Declension of cúr
Synonyms
Related terms
- cúrach (“frothy”, adjective)
- cúrán (“froth”)
- cúróg (“soufflé”)
Etymology 2
Noun
cúr m (genitive singular cúir, nominative plural cúir)
- kite (bird)
Declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Declension of cúr
Derived terms
- cúr dubh (“black kite”)
- cúr rua (“red kite”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cúr | chúr | gcúr |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cubar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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