cur i gcéill

Irish

Noun

cur i gcéill m (genitive singular cuir i gcéill)

1. pretence, make-believe

Derived terms

• cur i gcéill dúbailte (“double bluff”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cur i gcéill

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cur i gcéill	chur i gcéill	gcur i gcéill

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) “cur i gcéill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cur i gcéill”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cur i gcéill”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025