cuireata

Irish

Alternative forms

• cuilead, cuileat, cuireat

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪhlʲəd̪ˠ/ (as if spelled cuithlead)

Noun

cuireata m (genitive singular cuireata, nominative plural cuireataí)

1. (card games) jack, knave

Declension

Declension of cuireata

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cuireata cuireataí Vocative a chuireata a chuireataí Genitive cuireata cuireataí Dative cuireata cuireataí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cuireata na cuireataí Genitive an chuireata na gcuireataí Dative leis an gcuireata don chuireata leis na cuireataí

See also

Playing cards in Irish · cártaí imeartha (layout · text)
aon	dó	trí	ceathair	cúig	sé	seacht
ocht	naoi	deich	cuireata	banríon	rí	fear na gcrúb, buachaill mór

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cuireata	chuireata	gcuireata
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “cuireata”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuireta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cuireat”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 210
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuireata”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN