cúr

See also: cur and cûr

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːɾˠ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cubhar, from Old Irish cubar.

Alternative forms

• cubhar (superseded)

Noun

cúr m (genitive singular cúir)

1. foam, froth

Declension

Declension of cúr (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cúr vocative a chúir genitive cúir dative cúr forms with the definite article case singular nominative an cúr genitive an chúir dative leis an gcúr don chúr

Synonyms

• sobal

Related terms

• cúrach (“frothy”, adjective)
• cúrán (“froth”)
• cúróg (“soufflé”)

Etymology 2

Noun

cúr m (genitive singular cúir, nominative plural cúir)

1. kite (bird)

Declension

Declension of cúr (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cúr cúir vocative a chúir a chúra genitive cúir cúr dative cúr cúir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cúr na cúir genitive an chúir na gcúr dative leis an gcúr don chúr leis na cúir

Derived terms

• cúr dubh (“black kite”)
• cúr rua (“red kite”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúr

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cúr	chúr	gcúr

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) “cúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cubar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language