cuntar

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kunˈtaɾ/, [kũn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

cuntar

1. Alternative spelling of contar

Conjugation

Conjugation of cuntar

infinitive		cuntar
gerund		cuntando
past participle		m cuntáu, f cuntada, n cuntao, m pl cuntaos, f pl cuntaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	cunto	cuntes	cunta	cuntamos	cuntáis	cunten
	imperfect	cuntaba	cuntabes	cuntaba	cuntábemos, cuntábamos	cuntabeis, cuntabais	cuntaben
	preterite	cunté	cuntasti, cuntesti	cuntó	cuntemos	cuntastis, cuntestis	cuntaron
	pluperfect	cuntare, cuntara	cuntares, cuntaras	cuntare, cuntara	cuntáremos, cuntáramos	cuntareis, cuntarais	cuntaren, cuntaran
	future	cuntaré	cuntarás	cuntará	cuntaremos	cuntaréis	cuntarán
	conditional	cuntaría	cuntaríes	cuntaría	cuntaríemos, cuntaríamos	cuntaríeis, cuntaríais	cuntaríen
subjunctive	present	cunte	cuntes, cuntas	cunte	cuntemos	cuntéis	cunten, cuntan
	imperfect	cuntare, cuntara	cuntares, cuntaras	cuntare, cuntara	cuntáremos, cuntáramos	cuntareis, cuntarais	cuntaren, cuntaran
imperative		—	cunta	—	—	cuntái	—

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːn̪ˠt̪ˠəɾˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊn̪ˠt̪ˠəɾˠ/

Etymology 1

Compare contúirt (“danger”).

Noun

cuntar m (genitive singular cuntair, nominative plural cuntair)

1. proviso, condition
2. expectation, chance
3. undertaking, risk

Declension

Declension of cuntar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cuntar cuntair Vocative a chuntair a chuntara Genitive cuntair cuntar Dative cuntar cuntair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cuntar na cuntair Genitive an chuntair na gcuntar Dative leis an gcuntar don chuntar leis na cuntair

Derived terms

• ar chuntar (“conditional”)
• cuntarach (“conditional, qualificatory”, adjective)
• gan chuntar (“unconditional(ly)”)

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman countour, from Old French conteor, from Medieval Latin computātōrium, from Latin computō.

Noun

cuntar m (genitive singular cuntair, nominative plural cuntair)

1. counter (table or board on which business is transacted)

Declension

Declension of cuntar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cuntar cuntair Vocative a chuntair a chuntara Genitive cuntair cuntar Dative cuntar cuntair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cuntar na cuntair Genitive an chuntair na gcuntar Dative leis an gcuntar don chuntar leis na cuntair

Alternative forms

• cabhantar (Cois Fharraige)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cuntar	chuntar	gcuntar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuntar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuntar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cuntar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cuntar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024