cuar

Dalmatian

Verb

cuar (third-person singular present cuar)

  1. Alternative form of curro

Friulian

Alternative forms

  • cuâr (alternative orthography)

Etymology

From Latin cornū. Compare Italian corno, Dalmatian cuarno, Spanish cuerno.

Noun

cuar m (plural cuars)

  1. horn (animals)

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cúar, from Proto-Celtic *kukros (curved), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, see also Proto-Germanic *hauhaz, Proto-Slavic *kuka (hook).

Adjective

cuar (genitive singular masculine cuair, genitive singular feminine cuaire, plural cuara, comparative cuaire)

  1. curved
    Synonyms: cuarach, cuartha

Declension

Noun

cuar m (genitive singular cuair, nominative plural cuair)

  1. curve
  2. (nautical) catenary
    Synonym: cuar slabhra

Declension

Derived terms

  • cuarán (sandal)

Verb

cuar (present analytic cuarann, future analytic cuarfaidh, verbal noun cuaradh, past participle cuartha)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) curve
  2. (transitive, intransitive, golf) fade

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cuar chuar gcuar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) “kukro”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 228

Further reading

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