cuarc

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuəɾˠk/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English quark.

Noun

cuarc m (genitive singular cuairc, nominative plural cuairc)

1. (physics) quark

Declension

Declension of cuarc

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cuarc cuairc Vocative a chuairc a chuarca Genitive cuairc cuarc Dative cuarc cuairc

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cuarc na cuairc Genitive an chuairc na gcuarc Dative leis an gcuarc don chuarc leis na cuairc

Derived terms

• íoschuarc

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Quark.

Noun

cuarc m (genitive singular cuarc)

1. quark (cheese)

Declension

Declension of cuarc

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cuarc Vocative a chuarc Genitive cuarc Dative cuarc

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an cuarc Genitive an chuarc Dative leis an gcuarc don chuarc

Mutation

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