cúirtéireacht

Irish

Etymology

From cúirtéir +‎ -acht.

Noun

cúirtéireacht f (genitive singular cúirtéireachta)

1. (act of) courting, wooing, courtship

   Synonym: suirí

Declension

Declension of cúirtéireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative cúirtéireacht Vocative a chúirtéireacht Genitive cúirtéireachta Dative cúirtéireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an chúirtéireacht Genitive na cúirtéireachta Dative leis an gcúirtéireacht don chúirtéireacht

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúirtéireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cúirtéireacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cúirtéireacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024