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cuir

cuir

Catalan

Noun

cuir m (plural cuirs)

  1. leather

French

Etymology

From Latin corium.

Pronunciation

Noun

cuir m (plural cuirs)

  1. leather

See also


Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɪɾʲ/

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

  1. put
  2. send
  3. sow
  4. bury (inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
  5. rain
  6. subject (+ faoi (to))
Conjugation
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Noun

cuir m

  1. genitive singular of cur

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.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin corium.

Noun

cuir 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
Radical Lenition Nasalization
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): [kuɾʲ], /kʰuɾʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cuirid, from older fo·ceird, do·cuirethar.

Verb

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

  1. put
    An cuir thu am bainne anns a' 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.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

cuir m

  1. genitive singular of car