cuir suas

Irish

Verb

cuir suas (present analytic cuireann suas, future analytic cuirfidh suas, verbal noun cur suas, past participle curtha suas)

1. to put up (place in a high location; hang or mount), stick up
2. to put up (build a structure), erect, pitch (a tent etc.)
3. to put on, gain (weight)
4. (printing) to compose, set up (arrange (types) in a composing stick)
5. to put on, apply

   cuir suas baoití ― to bait a line

   cuir suas péint ― to apply paint

6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cuir,‎ suas.

Conjugation

conjugation of cuir suas: see cuir

Derived terms

• cuir suas do (“to refuse, decline”)
• cuir suas le (“to >put up with, >tolerate, >suffer”)

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cuirim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 211
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuir suas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN