cuitéar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cutter.

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈkut̪ˠəɾˠ/[1] (unassimilated pronunciation of the English word)

Noun

cuitéar m (genitive singular cuitéir, nominative plural cuitéir)

  1. cutter (type of single-masted sailing ship)

Declension

Declension of cuitéar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cuitéar cuitéir
vocative a chuitéir a chuitéara
genitive cuitéir cuitéar
dative cuitéar cuitéir
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cuitéar na cuitéir
genitive an chuitéir na gcuitéar
dative leis an gcuitéar
don chuitéar 		leis na cuitéir

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuitéar
radical lenition eclipsis
cuitéar chuitéar gcuitéar

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 165

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuitéar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “cutter”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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