cuiscreach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cuisgearach, cuisgearnach, cuisgreach (obsolete)
  • cuiscearach, cuiscearnach, cuiscireach

Pronunciation

Noun

cuiscreach f (genitive singular cuiscrí)

  1. (collective) reeds (grass-like plant)
    Synonyms: giolcach, biorrach

Declension

Declension of cuiscreach (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative cuiscreach
vocative a chuiscreach
genitive cuiscrí
dative cuiscreach
cuiscrigh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an chuiscreach
genitive na cuiscrí
dative leis an gcuiscreach
leis an gcuiscrigh (archaic, dialectal)
don chuiscreach
don chuiscrigh (archaic, dialectal)

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 19

Further reading

  • “cuiscreach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cuiscireaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 289; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
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