See also: cúairt

Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Irish cúairt (tour, circuit, circle).[2]

Noun edit

cuairt f (genitive singular cuairte, nominative plural cuairteanna or cuarta)

  1. circuit; round, course
  2. (sports) round
  3. visit
    Cuairt ghearr is a déanamh go hannamh. (proverb)
    One should not wear out one’s welcome.
    (literally, “A short visit and not too frequent.”)
  4. occasion, time
Declension edit
  • Plural used with numerals: cuarta
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See cúirt.

Noun edit

cuairt f (genitive singular cuairte, nominative plural cuairteanna)

  1. Alternative form of cúirt (court; manor-house, mansion; courtyard)
Declension edit

Mutation edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cúairt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading edit

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish cúairt (tour, circuit, circle).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cuairt f (genitive singular cuairte, plural cuairtean)

  1. (geometry) circle, orb, circumference
  2. orbit
  3. circuit
  4. expedition, journey, pilgrimage, excursion
  5. walk, visitation, round, ramble
    Ghabh mi cuairt.I took a walk.
  6. turn (somebody's)
    mo chuairt a-nismy turn now
  7. (sports competition, golf) round

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cuairt chuairt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cúairt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading edit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “cuairt”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN