cuar
Dalmatian edit
Verb edit
cuar (third-person singular present cuar)
- Alternative form of curro
Friulian edit
Alternative forms edit
- cuâr (alternative orthography)
Etymology edit
From Latin cornū. Compare Italian corno, Dalmatian cuarno, Spanish cuerno.
Noun edit
cuar m (plural cuars)
- horn (animals)
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish cúar, from Proto-Celtic *kukros (“curved”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, see also Proto-Germanic *hauhaz, Proto-Slavic *kuka (“hook”).
Adjective edit
cuar (genitive singular masculine cuair, genitive singular feminine cuaire, plural cuara, comparative cuaire)
Declension edit
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | cuar | chuar | cuara; chuara² | |
Vocative | chuair | cuara | ||
Genitive | cuaire | cuara | cuar | |
Dative | cuar; chuar¹ |
chuar; chuair (archaic) |
cuara; chuara² | |
Comparative | níos cuaire | |||
Superlative | is cuaire |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun edit
cuar m (genitive singular cuair, nominative plural cuair)
- curve
- (nautical) catenary
- Synonym: cuar slabhra
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
cuar (present analytic cuarann, future analytic cuarfaidh, verbal noun cuaradh, past participle cuartha)
Conjugation edit
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cuar | chuar | gcuar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “kukro”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 228
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “cuar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cuar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.