curadh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish curad, from Old Irish caur (“warrior, hero”).

Noun

curadh m (genitive singular curaidh, nominative plural curaidh)

warrior, hero
Synonym: laoch
champion
Synonym: seaimpín

Declension

Declension of curadh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	curadh	curaidh
Vocative	a churaidh	a churadha
Genitive	curaidh	curadh
Dative	curadh	curaidh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an curadh	na curaidh
Genitive	an churaidh	na gcuradh
Dative	leis an gcuradh don churadh	leis na curaidh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
curadh	churadh	gcuradh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

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