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cuir.

to put

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb/kɪɾʲ/[kɞɾ̥ʲ]Ulster
  1. to put

  2. to send

  3. to sow, plant

    Tá sé ag cur prátaí.
  4. to bury (inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)

  5. used to indicate falling precipitation; the subject is sé without a referent and the object is the form of precipitation, but when the precipitation is rain the object may be omitted

    An bhfuil sé ag cur?
    Inniu féin a chuirfeadh sé sneachta!
  6. to subject

Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish cuirid, from Old Irish ·cuirethar, prototonic form of fo·ceird, and from its derivative do·cuirethar.

noun/kɪɾʲ/[kɞɾ̥ʲ]Ulster
  1. vocative/genitive singular of cur

    masculine
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