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cuach
cuach
Irish
Noun
cuach f (genitive singular cuaiche, nominative plural cuacha)
- cuckoo
- (music, ~ (cheoil)) strain of music; snatch of song
- alto, falsetto (voice); whoop; (of horse) whinny; whine; sigh, sob
Declension
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- banaltra na cuaiche (“meadow pipit”)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish cuäch, cúach (“cup, goblet, bowl”).
Noun
cuach m (genitive singular cuach, nominative plural cuacha)
Declension
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- cuach abhlann, cuach altóra (“ciborium”)
- cuach Phádraig (“plantain”)
- cuach coirn (“auger-shell”)
Etymology 3
From Old Irish cúach (“fastener, hook, buckle for cloak, hair, etc.; lock of hair, tress; hair”).
Noun
cuach f (genitive singular cuaiche, nominative plural cuacha)
- (of clothes, etc.) ball, bundle
- (of ribbons, etc.) bowknot
- (of hair) roll; tress, curl
- (of thatch) tuft, "latch"
- hug, embrace
Declension
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Verb
cuach (present analytic cuachann, future analytic cuachfaidh, verbal noun cuachadh, past participle cuachta)
Conjugation
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | cuachaim | cuachann tú; cuachair† |
cuachann sé, sí | cuachaimid | cuachann sibh | cuachann siad; cuachaid† |
a chuachann; a chuachas / a gcuachann*; a gcuachas* |
cuachtar |
| past | chuach mé; chuachas | chuach tú; chuachais | chuach sé, sí | chuachamar; chuach muid | chuach sibh; chuachabhair | chuach siad; chuachadar | a chuach / ar chuach* |
cuachadh | |
| past habitual | chuachainn | chuachtá | chuachadh sé, sí | chuachaimis; chuachadh muid | chuachadh sibh | chuachaidís; chuachadh siad | a chuachadh / ar chuachadh* |
chuachtaí | |
| future | cuachfaidh mé; cuachfad |
cuachfaidh tú; cuachfair† |
cuachfaidh sé, sí | cuachfaimid; cuachfaidh muid |
cuachfaidh sibh | cuachfaidh siad; cuachfaid† |
a chuachfaidh; a chuachfas / a gcuachfaidh*; a gcuachfas* |
cuachfar | |
| conditional | chuachfainn | chuachfá | chuachfadh sé, sí | chuachfaimis; chuachfadh muid | chuachfadh sibh | chuachfaidís; chuachfadh siad | a chuachfadh / ar chuachfadh* |
chuachfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go gcuacha mé; go gcuachad† |
go gcuacha tú; go gcuachair† |
go gcuacha sé, sí | go gcuachaimid; go gcuacha muid |
go gcuacha sibh | go gcuacha siad; go gcuachaid† |
— | go gcuachtar |
| past | dá gcuachainn | dá gcuachtá | dá gcuachadh sé, sí | dá gcuachaimis; dá gcuachadh muid |
dá gcuachadh sibh | dá gcuachaidís; dá gcuachadh siad |
— | dá gcuachtaí | |
| imperative | cuachaim | cuach | cuachadh sé, sí | cuachaimis | cuachaigí; cuachaidh† |
cuachaidís | — | cuachtar | |
| verbal noun | cuachadh | ||||||||
| past participle | cuachta | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cuach | chuach | gcuach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
From Old Irish cuäch, cúach (“cup, goblet, bowl”).
Noun
cuach f (genitive singular cuaich, plural cuachan)
Synonyms
- (bowl): bobhla
Etymology 2
From Old Irish cúach (“fastener, hook, buckle for cloak, hair, etc.; lock of hair, tress; hair”).
Noun
cuach f (genitive singular cuaich, plural cuachan)
Etymology 3
From Old Irish caí, cúach (“cuckoo”), caí (“act of weeping; wailing, lamentation”).
Noun
cuach f (genitive singular cuaich, plural cuachan)