cuireadh

Irish

Pronunciation

• Noun:
  • (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪɾʲə/
  • (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪɾʲuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪɾʲu/
• Past autonomous form:
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪɾʲəɡ/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪɾʲəvˠ/
  • (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪɾʲuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪɾʲu/
• Past subjunctive and imperative forms:
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪɾʲəx/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈkɪɾʲətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈkɪɾʲəx/
  • (Mayo) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈkɪɾʲətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈkɪɾʲuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈkɪɾʲətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈkɪɾʲu/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cuired, verbal noun of cuirid, in this sense replacing Old Irish tochuiriud.

Noun

cuireadh m (genitive singular cuiridh, nominative plural cuirí or curtha or curthacha)

1. invitation
   • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal (overall work in English), Cambridge University Press, section 253, page 91:

     kyrʹuw əNə Nʹɛəstə

     [cuireadh chun an fhéasta]

     an invitation to the feast

Declension

Declension of cuireadh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cuireadh cuirí Vocative a chuiridh a chuirí Genitive cuiridh cuirí Dative cuireadh cuirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cuireadh na cuirí Genitive an chuiridh na gcuirí Dative leis an gcuireadh don chuireadh leis na cuirí

• Alternative plural forms: curtha, curthacha

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cuireadh

1. inflection of cuir:
   1. autonomous past indicative
   2. analytic past subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cuireadh	chuireadh	gcuireadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰuɾʲəɣ/

Noun

cuireadh m (genitive singular cuiridh, plural cuiridhean)

1. invitation

   thug mi cuireadh dhi ― I invited her

   ghabh i ris a' cuireadh ― she accepted the invitation

   tharraing e an cuireadh ― he withdrew the invitation

2. inviting
3. placing, laying
4. sending
5. deputation

Derived terms

• cuireadh pìobaire (“a last-minute invitation”)

Mutation

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