cúirtéir
See also: cùirteir
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman corteour, from Old French cortoiier, from cort (“court”). Synchronically analyzable as cúirt + -éir.
Noun
cúirtéir m (genitive singular cúirtéara, nominative plural cúirtéirí)
- courter, wooer
Declension
Declension of cúirtéir
Third declension
Bare forms:
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Derived terms
- cúirtéireacht (“courting, wooing”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cúirtéir | chúirtéir | gcúirtéir |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "cúirtéir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.