cúvariant ofshú?
- tograsp, tostop, tohold
- Tə́ pǒcú é lə́? ―Did youstop him?
- to bedeep
- Ghʉ̌ yə̌ŋcú te'. ―This holeis verydeep.
- toanimate (music)
- Wâ gɔcú nyə. ―They willanimate the "nyə̀".
- cútə́(“to tie in several lots”)
- Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al,Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)
- Gabriel Mba, Les extensions verbales en Ghomala' - Journal of West African Languages XXVI.1 (1996-97)
FromOld Irishcú(“dog, hound”),[3] fromProto-Celtic*kū (compareWelshci,Bretonki), fromProto-Indo-European*ḱwṓ(“dog”).
cú m orf (genitive singularcúorcon,nominative pluralcúnnaorcoin)
- hound,greyhound
Nuair a chonaic Séadanta ancú ag teacht chuige, bhuail sé an crag leis an oiread sin nirt go ndeachaigh sé síos i mbéal anchon, agus trína chorp.- When Sétanta saw thehound coming at him, he hit the ball with so much force that it went into thehound's mouth and through its body.[1]
- (figuratively)hero,champion
- Regular
- Irregular
cú
- The name of theLatin-script letterq/Q.
- (Latin-script letter names)litir;á,bé,cé,dé,é,eif,gé,héis,í,jé,cá,eil,eim,ein,ó,pé,cú,ear,eas,té,ú,vé,wae,ex,yé,zae
- Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- ^Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931)Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page20
- ^Quiggin, E. C. (1906)A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page74
- ^Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cú”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cú”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cú”, inFoclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society,page204
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cú”, inEnglish-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cú”, inNew English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge,2013-2025
cú (cu2,Zhuyinㄘㄨˊ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of徂
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of殂
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of豠
FromOld Irishcú, fromPrimitive Irishᚉᚒᚅᚐ(cuna,genitive), fromProto-Celtic*kū (compareWelshci), fromProto-Indo-European*ḱwṓ.
cú m (genitivecon,nominative pluralcoin)
- dog,hound
c.1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, inErnst Windisch, editor,Irische Texte, volume 1, published1800, section1:Buicu oca, no ditned incu Lagniu uile. Ailbe ainm inchon, ocus lan hEriu dia aurdarcus.- He had a dog; the dog protected all Leinster. Ailbhe was the name of the dog, and all Ireland was full of his fame.
Mutation ofcú| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|
| cú | chú | cú
pronounced with/ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
FromPrimitive Irishᚉᚒᚅᚐ(cuna,genitive), fromProto-Celtic*kū (compareWelshci), fromProto-Indo-European*ḱwṓ.
cú m (genitivecon,nominative pluralcoin)
- dog,hound
- wolf
- Synonym:macc tíre
- The nominative singularcú irregularly causes lenition when used to create male given names, such asCú Chulainn.
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation ofcú| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|
| cú | chú | cú
pronounced with/ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
cú m (pluralcús)
- (hypercorrect)Misspelling ofcu.
FromProto-Vietic*kuːʔ, of imitative origin. CompareProto-Tai*ɡawꟲ(“owl”) (whenceThaiเค้า(káo),Laoເຄົ້າ(khao)),Chinese鵂 (OC*qʰ(r)u),鴞 (OC*[ɢ]ʷ(r)aw) (B-S).
(classifiercon) cú• (鴝,𫚱)
- anowl(bird)
cú• (鴝,𫚱)
- (onomatopoeia)hoot
cú
- toknuckle one'shead
- Synonyms:kí,cốc
cú
- Used for a (usuallyquick) action.
- mộtcú điện thoại ―a phonecall
