cuircín

Irish

Etymology

From curca +‎ -ín.

Noun

cuircín m (genitive singular cuircín, nominative plural cuircíní)

1. crest
   1. tuft of hair of feathers, topknot
   2. (of a bird) comb

Declension

Declension of cuircín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cuircín cuircíní Vocative a chuircín a chuircíní Genitive cuircín cuircíní Dative cuircín cuircíní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cuircín na cuircíní Genitive an chuircín na gcuircíní Dative leis an gcuircín don chuircín leis na cuircíní

Derived terms

• cuircíneach (“crested”, adjective)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuircín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN