cuideachta

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cuideachtan, cuideachtanas

Etymology

From Old Irish cuitechta (company, band, troop, following, retinue; accompaniment, companionship, society), from con- + techt.

Noun

cuideachta f (genitive singular cuideachta, nominative plural cuideachtaí)

  1. company
    1. companionship
      Proverb: Is fearr uaigneas maith ná droch-chuideachta.It is better to be alone than in bad company.
    2. (commerce, law) company
  2. social amusement, fun

Declension

Derived terms

  • bunú cuideachta, maoiniú cuideachta (flotation)
  • cuideachta a dhéanamh do (entertain, occupy, verb)
  • cuideachta airgeadais (finance company)
  • cuideachta árachais (insurance company)
  • cuideachta bhainistíochta (management company)
  • cuideachta chaoch (shell company)
  • cuideachta chomhlachaithe (associated company)
  • cuideachta fóntais (utility company)
  • cuideachta phoiblí (public company)
  • cuideachta phríobháideach (private company)
  • cuideachta sealbhaíochta (holding company)
  • cuideachta stoic (stock company)
  • cuideachta theoranta (limited company)
  • cuideachtaigh (bring together, associate, transitive verb)
  • cuideachtúil (companionable, sociable, adjective)
  • rúnaí cuideachta (company secretary)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cuideachta chuideachta gcuideachta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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