Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish caí,[2] cúach (cuckoo), caí (act of weeping; wailing, lamentation).

Noun

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cuach f (genitive singular cuaiche, nominative plural cuacha)

  1. cuckoo
  2. (music, ~ (cheoil)) strain of music; snatch of song
  3. alto, falsetto (voice); whoop; (of horse) whinny; whine; sigh, sob
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Etymology 2

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From Old Irish cuäch, cúach (goblet),[3] from Proto-Celtic *kaɸukos (cup) (compare Welsh cawg (cup, goblet, bowl)), from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (to seize, hold).

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cuach m (genitive singular cuach, nominative plural cuacha)

  1. bowl; goblet, drinking-cup
  2. dome (of head)
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Etymology 3

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From Old Irish cúach (fastener; lock of hair),[4] from the root of sense 2.

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cuach f (genitive singular cuaiche, nominative plural cuacha)

  1. ball, bundle (of clothes, etc.)
  2. bowknot (of ribbons, etc.)
  3. roll; tress, curl (of hair)
  4. tuft, "latch" (of thatch)
  5. hug, embrace
  6. term of endearment
    Mo chuach thú!Love you!
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Verb

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cuach (present analytic cuachann, future analytic cuachfaidh, verbal noun cuachadh, past participle cuachta) (transitive)

  1. bundle; roll, wrap
  2. hug; squeeze
  3. flatter, praise
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Etymology 4

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Noun

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cuach m (genitive singular cuaigh, nominative plural cuaigh)

  1. Alternative form of cuaifeach
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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cuach chuach gcuach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 151, page 59
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 caí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuäch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cúach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish cuäch, cúach (cup, goblet, bowl), from Proto-Celtic *kaɸukos (cup), from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (to seize, hold).

Noun

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cuach f (genitive singular cuaich, plural cuachan)

  1. bowl
    Synonym: bobhla
  2. goblet, quaich

Etymology 2

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From Old Irish cúach (fastener, hook, buckle for cloak, hair, etc.; lock of hair, tress; hair), from the root of sense 1.

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cuach f (genitive singular cuaich, plural cuachan)

  1. curl, ringlet

Etymology 3

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From Old Irish caí, cúach (cuckoo), caí (act of weeping; wailing, lamentation).

Noun

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cuach f (genitive singular cuaich, plural cuachan)

  1. cuckoo
    Synonym: cuthag

Mutation

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

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