cuntas
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish cuntas, borrowed from Anglo-Norman cuntes.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkuːn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkʊn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʌn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/
Noun[edit]
cuntas m (genitive singular cuntais, nominative plural cuntais)
- verbal noun of cuntais
- amount
- account (bank; narration; etc.)
- reckoning
Declension[edit]
Declension of cuntas
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cuntas | chuntas | gcuntas |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- “cuntas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cunntas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 217
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuntas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “cuntas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuntas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language