cuairt

See also: cúairt

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kuəɾˠtʲ/^[1]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /kuːɾˠtʲ/, /kuəɾˠtʲ/^[2]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /kuːɾˠtʲ/^[3]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cúairt (“tour, circuit, circle”).^[4]

Noun

cuairt f (genitive singular cuairte, nominative plural cuairteanna or cuarta)

1. circuit; round, course
2. (sports) round
3. visit

   Cuairt ghearr is a déanamh go hannamh. (proverb)

   One should not wear out one’s welcome.

   (literally, “A short visit and not too frequent.”)

4. occasion, time

Declension

Declension of cuairt (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cuairt cuairteanna vocative a chuairt a chuairteanna genitive cuairte cuairteanna dative cuairt cuairteanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chuairt na cuairteanna genitive na cuairte na gcuairteanna dative leis an gcuairt don chuairt leis na cuairteanna

• Plural used with numerals: cuarta

Alternative forms

• cuaird (Munster)

Derived terms

• ar cuairt (“visiting”)
• cuairt an lao ar an athbhuaile (“a nostalgic revisit”, literally “the calf's visit to the old milking place”)
• cuairt ghaisce (“victory lap”)
• cuairt mhíosa (“monthly visit; bride's home visit after honeymoon”)
• cuairteoir (“visitor”)
• má gcuairt (“around, about, on every side”)
• máguaird (“around, about, on every side”)

Etymology 2

See cúirt.

Noun

cuairt f (genitive singular cuairte, nominative plural cuairteanna)

1. Alternative form of cúirt (“court; manor-house, mansion; courtyard”)

Declension

Declension of cuairt (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cuairt cuairteanna vocative a chuairt a chuairteanna genitive cuairte cuairteanna dative cuairt cuairteanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chuairt na cuairteanna genitive na cuairte na gcuairteanna dative leis an gcuairt don chuairt leis na cuairteanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuairt

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cuairt	chuairt	gcuairt

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

References

1. “cuairt”, in Irish Pronunciation Database, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
2. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 168
3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 275, page 97
4. Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cúairt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuairt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cuairt”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cuairt”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cúairt (“tour, circuit, circle”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰuərˠʃtʲ/

Noun

cuairt f (genitive singular cuairte, plural cuairtean)

1. (geometry) circle, orb, circumference

   Synonym: cearcall

2. orbit
3. circuit
4. expedition, journey, pilgrimage, excursion

   Synonyms: turas, triop

5. walk, visitation, round, ramble

   Synonym: sgrìob

   Ghabh mi cuairt. ― I took a walk.

6. turn (somebody's)

   mo chuairt a-nis ― my turn now

7. (sports competition, golf) round

Derived terms

• ciad-chuairt (“first-foot”)
• cuairtich (“surround, enclose, encircle; circle around”)
• daga-cuairt (“revolver”)
• mu chuairt (“around”)
• mu chuairt air (“about”)
• mun cuairt (“around”)

Mutation

Mutation of cuairt

radical	lenition
cuairt	chuairt

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

References

1. Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cúairt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “cuairt”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN