cuideachta

Irish

Alternative forms

• cuideachtan, cuideachtanas

Etymology

From Old Irish cuitechta (“company, band, troop, following, retinue; accompaniment, companionship, society”), from con + techt.

Noun

cuideachta f (genitive singular cuideachta, nominative plural cuideachtaí)

1. company
   1. companionship

      Proverb: Is fearr uaigneas maith ná droch-chuideachta. ― It is better to be alone than in bad company.

   2. (commerce, law) company
2. social amusement, fun

Declension

Declension of cuideachta

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cuideachta cuideachtaí Vocative a chuideachta a chuideachtaí Genitive cuideachta cuideachtaí Dative cuideachta cuideachtaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chuideachta na cuideachtaí Genitive na cuideachta na gcuideachtaí Dative leis an gcuideachta don chuideachta leis na cuideachtaí

Derived terms

• bunú cuideachta, maoiniú cuideachta (“flotation”)
• cuideachta a dhéanamh do (“entertain, occupy”, verb)
• cuideachta airgeadais (“finance company”)
• cuideachta árachais (“insurance company”)
• cuideachta bhainistíochta (“management company”)
• cuideachta chaoch (“shell company”)
• cuideachta chomhlachaithe (“associated company”)
• cuideachta fóntais (“utility company”)
• cuideachta phoiblí (“public company”)
• cuideachta phríobháideach (“private company”)
• cuideachta sealbhaíochta (“holding company”)
• cuideachta stoic (“stock company”)
• cuideachta theoranta (“limited company”)
• cuideachtaigh (“bring together, associate”, transitive verb)
• cuideachtúil (“companionable, sociable”, adjective)
• rúnaí cuideachta (“company secretary”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cuideachta	chuideachta	gcuideachta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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