cuach
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuəx/
Declension
Declension of cuach
Second declension
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Derived terms
- banaltra na cuaiche, coimhdire na cuaiche (“meadow pipit”)
- clog cuaiche (“cuckoo clock”)
- gobadán na cuaiche (“bird that follows the cuckoo; pipit”)
- smugairle cuaiche (“toad-spit”)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish cuäch, cúach (“cup, goblet, bowl”), Welsh cawg (“cup, goblet, bowl”) from Proto-Celtic *kaɸukos (“cup”), from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, hold”).
Noun
Declension
Declension of cuach
First declension
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Derived terms
- cuach abhlann, cuach altóra (“ciborium”)
- cuach coirn (“auger-shell”)
- cuach Phádraig (“plantain”)
Etymology 3
From Old Irish cúach (“fastener, hook, buckle for cloak, hair, etc.; lock of hair, tress; hair”), from the root of sense 2.
Declension
Declension of cuach
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- cuachmhargadh (“package deal”)
Verb
cuach (present analytic cuachann, future analytic cuachfaidh, verbal noun cuachadh, past participle cuachta)
Conjugation
conjugation of cuach (first conjugation – A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | cuachaim | cuachann tú; cuachair† |
cuachann sé, sí | cuachaimid | cuachann sibh | cuachann siad; cuachaid† |
a chuachann; a chuachas / a gcuachann*; a gcuachas* |
cuachtar |
| past | chuach mé; chuachas | chuach tú; chuachais | chuach sé, sí | chuachamar; chuach muid | chuach sibh; chuachabhair | chuach siad; chuachadar | a chuach / ar chuach* |
cuachadh | |
| past habitual | chuachainn / gcuachainn‡‡ | chuachtá / gcuachtᇇ | chuachadh sé, sí / gcuachadh sé, s퇇 | chuachaimis; chuachadh muid / gcuachaimis‡‡; gcuachadh muid‡‡ | chuachadh sibh / gcuachadh sibh‡‡ | chuachaidís; chuachadh siad / gcuachaidís‡‡; gcuachadh siad‡‡ | a chuachadh / a gcuachadh* |
chuachtaí / gcuachta퇇 | |
| future | cuachfaidh mé; cuachfad |
cuachfaidh tú; cuachfair† |
cuachfaidh sé, sí | cuachfaimid; cuachfaidh muid |
cuachfaidh sibh | cuachfaidh siad; cuachfaid† |
a chuachfaidh; a chuachfas / a gcuachfaidh*; a gcuachfas* |
cuachfar | |
| conditional | chuachfainn / gcuachfainn‡‡ | chuachfá / gcuachfᇇ | chuachfadh sé, sí / gcuachfadh sé, s퇇 | chuachfaimis; chuachfadh muid / gcuachfaimis‡‡; gcuachfadh muid‡‡ | chuachfadh sibh / gcuachfadh sibh‡‡ | chuachfaidís; chuachfadh siad / gcuachfaidís‡‡; gcuachfadh siad‡‡ | a chuachfadh / a gcuachfadh* |
chuachfaí / gcuachfa퇇 | |
| subjunctive | present | go gcuacha mé; go gcuachad† |
go gcuacha tú; go gcuachair† |
go gcuacha sé, sí | go gcuachaimid; go gcuacha muid |
go gcuacha sibh | go gcuacha siad; go gcuachaid† |
— | go gcuachtar |
| past | dá gcuachainn | dá gcuachtá | dá gcuachadh sé, sí | dá gcuachaimis; dá gcuachadh muid |
dá gcuachadh sibh | dá gcuachaidís; dá gcuachadh siad |
— | dá gcuachtaí | |
| imperative | cuachaim | cuach | cuachadh sé, sí | cuachaimis | cuachaigí; cuachaidh† |
cuachaidís | — | cuachtar | |
| verbal noun | cuachadh | ||||||||
| past participle | cuachta | ||||||||
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Declension
Declension of cuach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cuach | chuach | gcuach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cuäch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 cúach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 caí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cúach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “cuach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cuach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 59
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
From Old Irish cuäch, cúach (“cup, goblet, bowl”), from Proto-Celtic *kaɸukos (“cup”), from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, hold”).
Etymology 2
From Old Irish cúach (“fastener, hook, buckle for cloak, hair, etc.; lock of hair, tress; hair”), from the root of sense 1.
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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| Radical | Lenition |
| cuach | chuach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cuäch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 cúach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 caí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cúach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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