cúirt

See also: cuirt and cùirt

Irish

Alternative forms

• cuairt

Etymology

From Old Irish cuirt, from a Vulgar Latin or oblique form of Latin cors.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːɾˠtʲ/

Noun

cúirt f (genitive singular cúirte, nominative plural cúirteanna)

1. court
2. (law) courthouse
3. manor house, mansion
4. courtyard

Declension

Declension of cúirt

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cúirt cúirteanna Vocative a chúirt a chúirteanna Genitive cúirte cúirteanna Dative cúirt cúirteanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chúirt na cúirteanna Genitive na cúirte na gcúirteanna Dative leis an gcúirt don chúirt leis na cúirteanna

Derived terms

• ardchúirt (“high court”)
• cúirt bhradach (“kangaroo court”)
• cúirtbhanna (“recognizance”)
• cúirteoir (“courtier”)
• cúirtghairm (“court proclamation”)
• cúirtiúil (“courtly”, adjective)
• giolla cúirte (“court attendant”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cúirt	chúirt	gcúirt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúirt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cuirt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language