cuircín

Irish

Etymology

From curca +‎ -ín.

Noun

cuircín m (genitive singular cuircín, nominative plural cuircíní)

  1. crest
    1. tuft of hair of feathers, topknot
    2. (of a bird) comb

Declension

Declension of cuircín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cuircín cuircíní
vocative a chuircín a chuircíní
genitive cuircín cuircíní
dative cuircín cuircíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cuircín na cuircíní
genitive an chuircín na gcuircíní
dative leis an gcuircín
don chuircín 		leis na cuircíní

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuircín
radical lenition eclipsis
cuircín chuircín gcuircín

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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