cuireata

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cuilead, cuileat, cuireat

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɪhlʲəd̪ˠ/[1] (as if spelled cuithlead)

Noun

cuireata m (genitive singular cuireata, nominative plural cuireataí)

  1. (card games) jack, knave

Declension

See also

Playing cards in Irish · cártaí imeartha (layout · text)
aon trí ceathair cúig seacht
ocht naoi deich cuireata banríon fear na gcrúb, buachaill mór

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cuireata chuireata gcuireata
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 232, page 85

Further reading

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