cuspóir
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish cuspóir m (“target, purpose, aim, object”) (compare Scottish Gaelic cuspair), from Latin cuspis f (“point, tip”). By surface analysis, cuspa (“object; objective, theme; model”) + -óir.
Noun
[edit]cuspóir m (genitive singular cuspóra, nominative plural cuspóirí)
- thing aimed at, target
- object; objective, purpose
- model, theme
- (grammar) object
- (philosophy) final cause
- (literary) bowshot
Declension
[edit]Declension of cuspóir
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- cuspóir díreach m (“direct object”)
- cuspóir indíreach m (“indirect object”)
- cuspóireach (“objective; accusative”, adjective)
- cuspóireacht f (“finality”)
- cuspóireach m (“objective, accusative, (case)”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cuspóir | chuspóir | gcuspóir |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuspóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuspóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cuspóir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cuspóir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024