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cuach.

cuckoo

5 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/kuəx/
  1. cuckoo

    feminine
  2. strain of music; snatch of song

    feminine
  3. alto, falsetto (voice); whoop; (of horse) whinny; whine; sigh, sob

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish cúach (“cuckoo”), from Old Irish caí; perhaps related to caí (“weeping, lamentation”).

verb/kuəx/
  1. bundle; roll, wrap

    transitive
  2. hug; squeeze

    transitive
  3. flatter, praise

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish cúach (“fastener; lock of hair”), from the root of sense 2.

noun/kuəx/
  1. ball, bundle (of clothes, etc.)

    feminine
  2. bowknot (of ribbons, etc.)

    feminine
  3. roll; tress, curl (of hair)

    feminine
  4. tuft, "latch" (of thatch)

    feminine
  5. hug, embrace

    feminine
  6. term of endearment

    feminine
    Mo chuach thú!
Where this word comes from

From Old Irish cúach (“fastener; lock of hair”), from the root of sense 2.

noun/kuəx/
  1. bowl; goblet, drinking-cup

    masculine
  2. dome (of head)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish cúach, from Old Irish cuäch (“goblet”), from Proto-Celtic *kaɸukos (“cup”) (compare Welsh cawg (“cup, goblet, bowl”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, hold”).

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