cúr

See also: cur and cûr

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːɾˠ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cubhar, from Old Irish cubar.

Alternative forms

• cubhar (superseded)

Noun

cúr m (genitive singular cúir)

1. foam, froth

Declension

Declension of cúr

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cúr Vocative a chúir Genitive cúir Dative cúr

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an cúr Genitive an chúir Dative leis an gcúr don chúr

Synonyms

• sobal

Related terms

• cúrach (“frothy”, adjective)
• cúrán (“froth”)
• cúróg (“soufflé”)

Etymology 2

Noun

cúr m (genitive singular cúir, nominative plural cúir)

1. kite (bird)

Declension

Declension of cúr

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cúr cúir Vocative a chúir a chúra Genitive cúir cúr Dative cúr cúir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cúr na cúir Genitive an chúir na gcúr Dative leis an gcúr don chúr leis na cúir

Derived terms

• cúr dubh (“black kite”)
• cúr rua (“red kite”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cubar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language