cúigréad

Irish

Etymology

From cúigear (“five people”) +‎ -éad.

Noun

cúigréad m (genitive singular cúigréid, nominative plural cúigréid)

1. (music) quintet

Declension

Declension of cúigréad (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cúigréad cúigréid vocative a chúigréid a chúigréada genitive cúigréid cúigréad dative cúigréad cúigréid forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cúigréad na cúigréid genitive an chúigréid na gcúigréad dative leis an gcúigréad don chúigréad leis na cúigréid

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúigréad

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cúigréad	chúigréad	gcúigréad

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cúigréad”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúigréad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “cúigréad”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024