cú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cu"

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cú (“dog, hound”), from Proto-Celtic *kū (compare Welsh ci), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuː/

Noun

cú m, f (genitive singular cú or con, nominative plural cúnna or coin)

  1. hound, greyhound
    Nuair a chonaic Séadanta an cú ag teacht chuige, bhuail sé an crag leis an oiread sin nirt go ndeachaigh sé síos i mbéal an chon, agus trína chorp.
    When Sétanta saw the hound coming at him, he hit the ball with so much force that it went into the hound's mouth and through its body.
  2. (figuratively) hero, champion

Declension

Regular
Irregular

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cú chú gcú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • "cú" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 cú” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “cú” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • Entries containing “cú” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “cú” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Mandarin

Romanization

cú (Zhuyin ㄘㄨˊ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 徂
  2. Pinyin transcription of 殂
  3. Pinyin transcription of 豠

Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ (cuna, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *kū (compare Welsh ci), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuː/

Noun

cú m (genitive con, nominative plural coin)

  1. dog, hound
    Synonyms: madrad, matad
  2. wolf
    Synonyms: cú allaid, macc tíre, sídach

Declension

Masculine n-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cúL coinL coin
Vocative cúL coinL conaH
Accusative coinN coinL conaH
Genitive con conL conN
Dative coinL conaib conaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
cú chú cú
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • “1 cú” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: cú

Noun

cú m

  1. Misspelling of cu.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *kuːʔ.

Noun

(classifier con) cú (鴝, 𫚱)

  1. (zoology) owl
Derived terms

Interjection

cú (鴝, 𫚱)

  1. (onomatopoeia) hoot

Etymology 2

Verb

cú

  1. to knuckle one's head

Synonyms

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