Irish

Noun

cuairt f ‎(genitive singular cuairte, nominative plural cuairteanna or cuarta)

1. circuit; round, course
   1. (sports) round
2. visit

   Proverb: Cuairt ghearr is a déanamh go hannamh.‎ ― ‘A short visit and not too frequent’; one should not wear out one’s welcome.

3. occasion, time

Declension

• Plural used with numerals: cuarta

Alternative forms

• cuaird (Munster)

Derived terms

• ar cuairt ‎(“visiting”)
• cuairt mhíosa ‎(“monthly visit; bride's home visit after honeymoon”)
• cuairt an lao ar an athbhuaile ‎(“a nostalgic revisit”, literally “the calf's visit to the old milking place”)

Etymology 2

Noun

cuairt f ‎(genitive singular cuairte, nominative plural cuairteanna)

1. Alternative form of cúirt ‎(“court; manor-house, mansion; courtyard”)

Declension

Mutation

References

• "cuairt" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “1 cúairt” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cúairt ‎(“tour, circuit, circle”).

Noun

cuairt f ‎(genitive singular cuairte, plural cuairtean)

1. (geometry) circle, orb, circumference
2. orbit
3. circuit
4. expedition, journey, pilgrimage, excursion
5. walk, visitation, round, ramble

   Ghabh mi cuairt.‎ ― I took a walk.

6. turn (somebody's)

   mo chuairt a-nis‎ ― my turn now

7. (sports competition, golf) round

Derived terms

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “1 cúairt” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.