cùirt

See also: cuirt and cúirt

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cuirt, from a Vulgar Latin or oblique form of Latin cors.

Noun

cùirt f (genitive singular cùirte, plural cùirtean)

  1. court (royal, law)
  2. palace
  3. privilege, honour
  4. area, yard
  5. circus
  6. used contemptuously
    B'e sin a' chùirt. ― I don't care; what does it matter?; that's a heat.
  7. frame of a sieve or riddle

Derived terms

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “cuirt” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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