cuibhreann

Irish

FWOTD – 7 July 2020

Etymology

From Old Irish cuibrend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪvʲɾʲən̪ˠ/

Noun

cuibhreann m (genitive singular cuibhrinn, nominative plural cuibhrinn)

1. part, portion
2. enclosed field
   • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:

     Nuair a chuaidh sé giobhta eile, chonnaic sé cuibhreann talmhan ⁊ scota mór caorach ann, ⁊ bhí siad ramhar, feolmhar, beathaiste, gidh nach robh an féar acht go han-lom.

     When he went a little farther, he saw an enclosed field of ground with a flock of sheep in it, and they were fat, fleshy, and in prime condition, though the grass was very bare.

Declension

Declension of cuibhreann

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cuibhreann cuibhrinn Vocative a chuibhrinn a chuibhreanna Genitive cuibhrinn cuibhreann Dative cuibhreann cuibhrinn

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cuibhreann na cuibhrinn Genitive an chuibhrinn na gcuibhreann Dative leis an gcuibhreann don chuibhreann leis na cuibhrinn

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cuibhreann	chuibhreann	gcuibhreann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “cuibhreann”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuibrenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cuiḃreann”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 207
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuibhreann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cuibrend.

Noun

cuibhreann m (genitive singular cuibhrinn, plural cuibhreannan or cuibhrinnean)

1. part, section
2. (finance) instalment
3. allowance

Synonyms

• earrann

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
cuibhreann	chuibhreann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.