cuirín

See also: cúirín

Irish

cuiríní

Etymology

Borrowed from French raisin de Corinthe (literally “grapes of Corinth, the city in Greece”), modified to contain the suffix -ín.

Noun

cuirín m (genitive singular cuirín, nominative plural cuiríní)

1. currant (fruit of the genus Ribes)

Declension

Declension of cuirín

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cuirín cuiríní Vocative a chuirín a chuiríní Genitive cuirín cuiríní Dative cuirín cuiríní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cuirín na cuiríní Genitive an chuirín na gcuiríní Dative leis an gcuirín don chuirín leis na cuiríní

Derived terms

• arán cuiríní (“currant-bread”)
• cuirín dearg (“redcurrant”)
• cuirín dubh (“blackcurrant”)
• fíon cuiríní (“currant wine”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cuirín	chuirín	gcuirín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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