"cúach" meaning in Middle Irish

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Noun

IPA: /kuːə̯x/ Forms: cúaiche [genitive], cúacha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cúach [error-unrecognized-form], chúach [error-unrecognized-form], cúach
Etymology: From Old Irish cói, taking the genitive cúach as the new nominative of an ā-stem. Etymology templates: {{der|mga|sga|cói}} Old Irish cói Head templates: {{head|mga|noun|||genitive|cúaiche|||||nominative plural|cúacha|||||cat2=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} cúach f (genitive cúaiche, nominative plural cúacha), {{mga-noun|f|cúaiche|cúacha}} cúach f (genitive cúaiche, nominative plural cúacha)
  1. cuckoo Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cúach-mga-noun-5feILH-g Categories (other): Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Cuckoos
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "cuach",
            "id": "cuckoo"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: cuach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: cuach"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gv",
            "2": "cooag"
          },
          "expansion": "Manx: cooag",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Manx: cooag"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "cuach",
            "id": "cuckoo"
          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: cuach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: cuach"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "cói"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cói",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish cói, taking the genitive cúach as the new nominative of an ā-stem.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cúaiche",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cúacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cúach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chúach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cúach",
      "source": "mutation"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "cúacha",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "cúaiche",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cúach f (genitive cúaiche, nominative plural cúacha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "cúaiche",
        "3": "cúacha"
      },
      "expansion": "cúach f (genitive cúaiche, nominative plural cúacha)",
      "name": "mga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Irish",
  "lang_code": "mga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "mga",
          "name": "Cuckoos",
          "orig": "mga:Cuckoos",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cuckoo"
      ],
      "id": "en-cúach-mga-noun-5feILH-g",
      "links": [
        [
          "cuckoo",
          "cuckoo"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kuːə̯x/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cúach"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "cuach",
            "id": "cuckoo"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: cuach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: cuach"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gv",
            "2": "cooag"
          },
          "expansion": "Manx: cooag",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Manx: cooag"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "cuach",
            "id": "cuckoo"
          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: cuach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: cuach"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "cói"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cói",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish cói, taking the genitive cúach as the new nominative of an ā-stem.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cúaiche",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cúacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cúach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chúach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cúach",
      "source": "mutation"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "cúacha",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "cúaiche",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cúach f (genitive cúaiche, nominative plural cúacha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "cúaiche",
        "3": "cúacha"
      },
      "expansion": "cúach f (genitive cúaiche, nominative plural cúacha)",
      "name": "mga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Irish",
  "lang_code": "mga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle Irish feminine nouns",
        "Middle Irish lemmas",
        "Middle Irish nouns",
        "Middle Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "mga:Cuckoos"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cuckoo"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cuckoo",
          "cuckoo"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kuːə̯x/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cúach"
}

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