cúirt

See also: cuirt and cùirt

Irish

Alternative forms

cuairt

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kuːɾˠtʲ/

Noun

cúirt f (genitive singular cúirte, nominative plural cúirteanna)

Declension

Declension of cúirt

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cúirt	cúirteanna
Vocative	a chúirt	a chúirteanna
Genitive	cúirte	cúirteanna
Dative	cúirt	cúirteanna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an chúirt	na cúirteanna
Genitive	na cúirte	na gcúirteanna
Dative	leis an gcúirt don chúirt	leis na cúirteanna

Derived terms

ardchúirt (“high court”)
cúirtbhanna (“recognizance”)
cúirt bhradach (“kangaroo court”)
cúirteoir (“courtier”)
cúirtghairm (“court proclamation”)
cúirtiúil (“courtly”, adjective)
giolla cúirte (“court attendant”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cúirt	chúirt	gcúirt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"cúirt" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“cuirt” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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