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cuibhreann

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cuibrend.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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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

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Mutated forms of cuibhreann
radical lenition eclipsis
cuibhreann chuibhreann gcuibhreann

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuibrenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 324, page 113

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cuibrend.

Noun

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

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

Synonyms

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Mutation

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Mutation of cuibhreann
radical lenition
cuibhreann chuibhreann

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