curca

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

curca m (genitive singular curca, nominative plural curcaí)

1. (of a bird) crest, tuft
2. (of hair) topknot
3. cockade

Declension

Declension of curca (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative curca curcaí vocative a churca a churcaí genitive curca curcaí dative curca curcaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an curca na curcaí genitive an churca na gcurcaí dative leis an gcurca don churca leis na curcaí

Derived terms

• curcach (“crested”, adjective)
• cuircín

Mutation

Mutated forms of curca

radical	lenition	eclipsis
curca	churca	gcurca

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