Irish

Noun

cuid f ‎(genitive singular coda, nominative plural codanna)

1. part
2. portion
3. used with non-inalienable mass nouns and plural count nouns as a kind of measure word after a possessive pronoun or before a genitive

   mo chuid leabhar‎ ― my books (lit. ‘my portion of books’)

   do chuid ceoil‎ ― your music (lit. ‘your portion of music’)

   a cuid grianghraf‎ ― her pictures (lit. ‘her portion of pictures’)

   ár gcuid físeán‎ ― our videos (lit. ‘our portion of videos’)

   cuid éadaigh Sheáin‎ ― Seán’s clothing (lit. ‘Seán’s portion of clothing’)

   • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, “Áindrías an Ime”, in A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of Glenties, page 196:

     Seachtmhain roimhe Shamhain chuaidh an Seónstanach siar ⁊ seacht ngearráin ⁊ péire cliabh air ghach gearrán fá choinne a chuid ime.

     A week before Samhain, Johnstone went back with seven geldings and a pair of panniers on each gelding for his butter.

Declension

Usage notes

The measure-word meaning of cuid is not used with inalienable nouns like relatives and body parts (leg, hand etc.):

• deartháireacha an bhuachalla‎ ― the boy’s brothers (not *cuid deartháireacha an bhuachalla)
• mo chosa‎ ― my legs (not *mo chuid cosa)

However, cuid may used with hair, teeth etc.

• do chuid gruaige‎ ― your hair
• a chuid fiacla‎ ― his teeth

Derived terms

• mórchuid

Mutation

Old Provençal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyjd/

Verb

cuid

1. first-person singular present of cuidar

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cuit ‎(“part, portion, share”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷesdis (compare Welsh peth ‎(“thing”), Breton pezh ‎(“piece”)). Doublet of pìos.

Noun

cuid f ‎(genitive singular codach, plural codaichean)

1. part, portion, share, ingredient

Usage notes

• Sometimes used where English uses pronoun:

  cuid dhiubh‎ ― some of them (literally "part of them")

  a’ chuid eile‎ ― the others (literally "the other part")

Derived terms

• an dà chuid ‎(“both”)
• an dara cuid ‎(“either (conjunction)”)
• aon chuid ‎(“either (conjunction)”)
• cuideigin ‎(“somebody”)