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cú.

hound, greyhound

2 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/kuː/[kuβˠ]Ulster, sometimes

  1. hound, greyhound

    feminine · masculine
    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.

  2. hero, champion

    feminine · figuratively · masculine
Where this word comes from

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

noun/kuː/[kuβˠ]Ulster, sometimes

  1. The name of the Latin script letter q/Q.

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