cúigréad

Irish

Etymology

From cúigear (“five people”) +‎ -éad.

Noun

cúigréad m (genitive singular cúigréid, nominative plural cúigréid)

1. (music) quintet

Declension

Declension of cúigréad

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cúigréad cúigréid Vocative a chúigréid a chúigréada Genitive cúigréid cúigréad Dative cúigréad cúigréid

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cúigréad na cúigréid Genitive an chúigréid na gcúigréad Dative leis an gcúigréad don chúigréad leis na cúigréid

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cúigréad	chúigréad	gcúigréad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cúigréad”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúigréad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “cúigréad”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024