cuairt

See also: cúairt

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuəɾˠtʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /kuːɾˠtʲ/[1]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cúairt (“tour, circuit, circle”).[2]

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
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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cuairt chuairt gcuairt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cúairt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cuairtchuairt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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
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