cuircín

Irish

Etymology

From curca +‎ -ín.

Noun

cuircín m (genitive singular cuircín, nominative plural cuircíní)

1. crest
   1. tuft of hair of feathers, topknot
   2. (of a bird) comb

Declension

Declension of cuircín (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cuircín cuircíní vocative a chuircín a chuircíní genitive cuircín cuircíní dative cuircín cuircíní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cuircín na cuircíní genitive an chuircín na gcuircíní dative leis an gcuircín don chuircín leis na cuircíní

Derived terms

• cuircíneach (“crested”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuircín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cuircín	chuircín	gcuircín

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) “cuircín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN