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See also: çuar
Dalmatian
Verb
cuar (third-person singular present cuar)
- alternative form of curro
Friulian
Alternative forms
- cuâr (alternative orthography)
Etymology
From Latin cornū. Compare Italian corno, Dalmatian cuarno, Spanish cuerno.
Noun
cuar m (plural cuars)
- horn (animals)
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish cúar, from Proto-Celtic *kukros (“curved”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, see also Proto-Germanic *hauhaz, Proto-Slavic *kuka (“hook”).
Adjective
cuar (genitive singular masculine cuair, genitive singular feminine cuaire, plural cuara, comparative cuaire)
Declension
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
cuar m (genitive singular cuair, nominative plural cuair)
- curve
- (nautical) catenary
- Synonym: cuar slabhra
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
- cuarán (“sandal”)
Verb
cuar (present analytic cuarann, future analytic cuarfaidh, verbal noun cuaradh, past participle cuartha)
Conjugation
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “kukro”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 228
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cuar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “cuar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cuar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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