Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish (dog, hound),[3] from Proto-Celtic *kū (compare Welsh ci), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (dog).

Noun

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 m or f (genitive singular or con, nominative plural cúnna or coin)

  1. hound, greyhound
    Nuair a chonaic Séadanta an ag teacht chuige, bhuail sé an crag leis an oiread sin nirt go ndeachaigh sé síos i mbéal an chon, agus trína chorp.
    When Sétanta saw the hound coming at him, he hit the ball with so much force that it went into the hound's mouth and through its body.[1]
  2. (figuratively) hero, champion
Declension
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Regular
Irregular
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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  1. The name of the Latin-script letter q/Q.

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Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 20
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 74
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Mandarin

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Alternative forms

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Romanization

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(cu2, Zhuyin ㄘㄨˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

Middle Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish , from Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ (cuna, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *kū (compare Welsh ci), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

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Noun

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 m (genitive con, nominative plural coin)

  1. dog, hound
    • c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:
      Bui cu oca, no ditned in cu Lagniu uile. Ailbe ainm in chon, ocus lan hEriu dia aurdarcus.
      He had a dog; the dog protected all Leinster. Ailbhe was the name of the dog, and all Ireland was full of his fame.

Declension

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  • Genitive singular: con

Descendants

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  • Irish:
  • Manx: coo
  • Scottish Gaelic:

Mutation

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Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
chú
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ (cuna, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *kū (compare Welsh ci), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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 m (genitive con, nominative plural coin)

  1. dog, hound
  2. wolf
    Synonym: macc tíre

Usage notes

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  • The nominative singular irregularly causes lenition when used to create male given names, such as Cú Chulainn.

Declension

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Masculine n-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative coinL coin
Vocative coinL conaH
Accusative coinN coinL conaH
Genitive con conL conN
Dative coinL, L conaib conaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
chú
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation:

Noun

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 m

  1. Misspelling of cu.

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Vietic *kuːʔ, of imitative origin. Compare Proto-Tai *ɡawꟲ (owl) (whence Thai เค้า (káo), Lao ເຄົ້າ (khao)), Chinese (OC *qʰ(r)u), (OC *[ɢ]ʷ(r)aw) (B-S).

Noun

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(classifier con) (, 𫚱)

  1. an owl (bird)
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Interjection

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(, 𫚱)

  1. (onomatopoeia) hoot

Etymology 2

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Verb

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  1. to knuckle one's head
    Synonyms: , cốc

Etymology 3

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Classifier

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  1. Used for a (usually quick) action.
    một điện thoạia phonecall

Anagrams

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