cuir

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin corium.

Pronunciation

Pronunciation

Noun

cuir m (plural cuirs)

  1. leather

References

  • “cuir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin corium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɥiʁ/
  • (file)
  • Homophones: cuirs, cuire

Noun

cuir m (plural cuirs)

  1. leather

See also

Further reading

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɪɾʲ/[1]

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cuirid,[2] from Old Irish ·cuirethar, prototonic form of fo·ceird,[3] and from its derivative do·cuirethar.[4]

Verb

cuir (present analytic cuireann, future analytic cuirfidh, verbal noun cur, past participle curtha)

  1. put
  2. send
  3. sow, plant
    Tá sé ag cur prátaí.
    He’s planting potatoes.
  4. bury (inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
    Synonym: adhlaic
  5. used to indicate falling precipitation; the subject is without a referent and the object is the form of precipitation, but when the precipitation is rain the object may be omitted
    An bhfuil sé ag cur?Is it raining?
    Inniu féin a chuirfeadh sé sneachta!It would have to snow today!
  6. subject [+ faoi (object) = to]
    Synonym: cuir faoi phróiseas
Conjugation
Derived terms

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cuir m

  1. vocative/genitive singular of cur

Noun

cuir m (genitive singular cuir)

  1. Alternative form of cur
Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cuir chuir gcuir
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 100
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cuirid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fo-ceird”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “do-cuirethar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old French

Etymology

From Latin corium.

Noun

cuir oblique singular, m (oblique plural cuirs, nominative singular cuirs, nominative plural cuir)

  1. leather

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kurʲ/

Noun

cuir m

  1. genitive singular of cor

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
cuir chuir cuir
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰuɾʲ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cuirid, from Old Irish ·cuirethar, prototonic form of fo·ceird.

Verb

cuir (past chuir, future cuiridh, verbal noun cur, past participle cuirte)

  1. put
    An cuir thu am bainne ann sa chupa?Will you put the milk in the cup?
    Thiginn a steach a rithist ged a chuirteadh a mach mi.I would come in again though I were put out.
  2. send
    Chuir e litir thuca.He sent them a letter.
  3. (Sports) score
    Chuir Seumas gòl.James scored a goal.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cuir m

  1. genitive singular of car

Mutation

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English queer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwiɾ/ [ˈkwiɾ]
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: cuir

Adjective

cuir (invariable)

  1. alternative form of queer
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