cúirtéireacht

Irish

Etymology

From cúirtéir +‎ -acht.

Noun

cúirtéireacht f (genitive singular cúirtéireachta)

1. (act of) courting, wooing, courtship

   Synonym: suirí

Declension

Declension of cúirtéireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cúirtéireacht vocative a chúirtéireacht genitive cúirtéireachta dative cúirtéireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chúirtéireacht genitive na cúirtéireachta dative leis an gcúirtéireacht don chúirtéireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúirtéireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cúirtéireacht	chúirtéireacht	gcúirtéireacht

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

Further reading

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