cuireadh

Irish

Pronunciation

• Noun:
  • (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈkiɾʲə/
  • (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈkiɾʲuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪɾʲu(ː)/
• Past autonomous form:
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkiɾʲəɡ/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈkiɾʲəvˠ/
  • (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈkiɾʲuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪɾʲu(ː)/
• Imperative form:
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkiɾʲəx/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈkiɾʲətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈkiɾʲəx/
  • (Mayo) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈkiɾʲətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈkiɾʲuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈkɪɾʲətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈkɪɾʲu(ː)/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish cuired, verbal noun of cuirid, in this sense replacing Old Irish tochuiriud.

Noun

cuireadh m (genitive singular cuiridh, nominative plural cuirí or curtha or curthacha)

1. invitation
   • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal (overall work in English), Cambridge University Press, section 253, page 91:

     kyrʹuw əNə Nʹɛəstə

     [cuireadh chun an fhéasta]

     an invitation to the feast

Declension

Declension of cuireadh (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cuireadh cuirí vocative a chuiridh a chuirí genitive cuiridh cuirí dative cuireadh cuirí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an cuireadh na cuirí genitive an chuiridh na gcuirí dative leis an gcuireadh don chuireadh leis na cuirí

• Alternative plural forms: curtha, curthacha

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cuireadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cuireadh

1. inflection of cuir:
   1. autonomous past indicative
   2. analytic past subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuireadh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cuireadh	chuireadh	gcuireadh

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰuɾʲəɣ/

Noun

cuireadh m (genitive singular cuiridh, nominative plural cuiridhean)

1. invitation

   thug mi cuireadh dhi ― I invited her

   ghabh i ris a' cuireadh ― she accepted the invitation

   tharraing e an cuireadh ― he withdrew the invitation

2. inviting
3. placing, laying
4. sending
5. deputation

Derived terms

• cuireadh pìobaire (“a last-minute invitation”)

Mutation

Mutation of cuireadh

radical	lenition
cuireadh	chuireadh

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