curca

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

curca m (genitive singular curca, nominative plural curcaí)

1. (of a bird) crest, tuft
2. (of hair) topknot
3. cockade

Declension

Declension of curca

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative curca curcaí Vocative a churca a churcaí Genitive curca curcaí Dative curca curcaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an curca na curcaí Genitive an churca na gcurcaí Dative leis an gcurca don churca leis na curcaí

Derived terms

• curcach (“crested”, adjective)
• cuircín

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
curca	churca	gcurca
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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