cúiteamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cúitem.

Noun

cúiteamh m (genitive singular cúitimh)

1. compensation, equalization, indemnity, recompense, reparation, restitution, retribution
2. (golf) borrow, break

Declension

Declension of cúiteamh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cúiteamh Vocative a chúitimh Genitive cúitimh Dative cúiteamh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an cúiteamh Genitive an chúitimh Dative leis an gcúiteamh don chúiteamh

Synonyms

• (restitution): aiseag, aisíoc

Derived terms

• cúiteamh airgid
• cúiteamh carbóin
• leorchúiteamh

 

Related terms

• cúitigh (“requite, compensate”, verb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cúiteamh	chúiteamh	gcúiteamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúiteamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cúiteamh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cúiteamh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cúitem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language