cúirtéir

See also: cùirteir

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman corteour, from Old French cortoiier, from cort (“court”). By surface analysis, cúirt +‎ -éir.

Noun

cúirtéir m (genitive singular cúirtéara, nominative plural cúirtéirí)

  1. courter, wooer

Declension

Declension of cúirtéir (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cúirtéir cúirtéirí
vocative a chúirtéir a chúirtéirí
genitive cúirtéara cúirtéirí
dative cúirtéir cúirtéirí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cúirtéir na cúirtéirí
genitive an chúirtéara na gcúirtéirí
dative leis an gcúirtéir
don chúirtéir 		leis na cúirtéirí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúirtéir
radical lenition eclipsis
cúirtéir chúirtéir gcúirtéir

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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