cuireata

Irish

Alternative forms

• cuilead, cuileat, cuireat

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪhlʲəd̪ˠ/ (as if spelled cuithlead)

Noun

cuireata m (genitive singular cuireata, nominative plural cuireataí)

1. (card games) jack, knave

Declension

Declension of cuireata (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cuireata cuireataí vocative a chuireata a chuireataí genitive cuireata cuireataí dative cuireata cuireataí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cuireata na cuireataí genitive an chuireata na gcuireataí dative leis an gcuireata don chuireata leis na cuireataí

See also

Playing cards in Irish · cártaí imeartha (layout · text)
aon	dó	trí	ceathair	cúig	sé	seacht
ocht	naoi	deich	cuireata	banríon	rí	fear na gcrúb, buachaill mór

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuireata

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cuireata	chuireata	gcuireata

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

Further reading

• “cuireata”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuireta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cuireat”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 210
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuireata”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN