curca

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

curca m (genitive singular curca, nominative plural curcaí)

  1. (of a bird) crest, tuft
  2. (of hair) topknot
  3. cockade

Declension
Declension of curca

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative curca curcaí
Vocative a churca a churcaí
Genitive curca curcaí
Dative curca curcaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an curca na curcaí
Genitive an churca na gcurcaí
Dative leis an gcurca

don churca

 leis na curcaí

Derived terms
  • curcach (“crested”, adjective)
  • cuircín

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
curca churca gcurca
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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