cuspair
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Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish cuspóir m (“target, purpose, aim, object”) (compare Irish cuspóir), from Latin cuspis f (“point, tip”).
Noun[edit]
cuspair m (genitive singular cuspair, plural cuspairean)
- subject, topic
- is e seo an cuspair a bu toil leam bruidhinn air ― this is the subject I'd like to talk about
- subject (at school)
- (grammar) object
- (dated) object (of emotion)
- cuspair mo ghràidh ― my lover (literally, “object of my love”)
Mutation[edit]
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| cuspair | chuspair |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “cuspair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cuspóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language