"cuach" meaning in Old Irish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈku.əx/
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *kaɸukos (“cup”) (compare Welsh cawg (“cup, goblet, bowl”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, hold”). Etymology templates: {{root|sga|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{der|sga|cel-pro|*kaɸukos|t=cup}} Proto-Celtic *kaɸukos (“cup”), {{cog|cy|cawg|t=cup, goblet, bowl}} Welsh cawg (“cup, goblet, bowl”), {{der|sga|ine-pro|*kap-|t=to seize, hold}} Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, hold”) Head templates: {{head|sga|noun|||genitive|cuäich||||||||{{{3}}}||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|altform=|cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=cuäch|sort=}} cuäch m (genitive cuäich), {{sga-noun|m|cuäich|head=cuäch}} cuäch m (genitive cuäich) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-o-masc|cuäich|head=cuäch}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=cuäch+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=cuächu+H|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=cuäch+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=o-m|dat_du=cuächaib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=cuächaib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=cuäch+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|gen_du=cuäch|gen_du2=|gen_du3=|gen_pl=cuäch+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_pl4=|gen_sg=cuäich+L|gen_sg2=|gen_sg3=|n=|nom_du=cuäch+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=cuäich+L|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=cuäch|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=cuäch+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=cuächu+H|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=cuäich|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}}, {{sga-mutation}} Forms: cuäch [canonical, masculine], cuäich [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cuäch [nominative, singular], cuäch [dual, nominative], cuäich [nominative, plural], cuäich [singular, vocative], cuäch [dual, vocative], cuächu [plural, vocative], cuäch [accusative, singular], cuäch [accusative, dual], cuächu [accusative, plural], cuäich [genitive, singular], cuäch [dual, genitive], cuäch [genitive, plural], cuäch [dative, singular], cuächaib [dative, dual], cuächaib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cuach [error-unrecognized-form], chuach [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. bowl, goblet, drinking cup Synonyms: cailech, eridech, tulchubae
    Sense id: en-cuach-sga-noun-1bS1fAdJ Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Food and drink containers, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 1 10 5 10 1 2 11 2 3 3 1 3 2 2 3 35 1 1 3 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 12 7 14 1 2 16 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 31 1 1 2 1
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        {
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          "word": "cuach"
        },
        {
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            {
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                {
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                  "lang_code": "en",
                  "raw_tags": [
                    "borrowed"
                  ],
                  "word": "quaich"
                }
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              "lang_code": "sco",
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                "borrowed"
              ],
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            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "gd",
          "word": "cuach"
        }
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      "word": "cúach"
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        "masculine"
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    },
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      "form": "cuach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "source": "mutation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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        "17": "",
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        "acc_du3": "",
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        "gen_pl4": "",
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        "nom_du3": "",
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        "voc_pl3": "",
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  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
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          "bowl",
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        [
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          "cup"
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        }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈku.əx/"
    },
    {
      "note": "Blasse",
      "other": "[ˈku.ax]"
    },
    {
      "note": "Griffith",
      "other": "[ˈku.əx]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cuach"
}
{
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    "Pages with entries",
    "gd-noun 2",
    "gd:Cuckoos",
    "gd:Food and drink containers",
    "gd:Hair"
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *kaɸukos (“cup”) (compare Welsh cawg (“cup, goblet, bowl”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, hold”).",
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        "canonical",
        "masculine"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cuäich",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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        "singular"
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        "dual",
        "nominative"
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
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        "vocative"
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    {
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        "genitive",
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        "dual",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cuäch",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "cuach",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Old Irish lemmas",
        "Old Irish masculine nouns",
        "Old Irish masculine o-stem nouns",
        "Old Irish nouns",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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          "goblet",
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          "cup",
          "cup"
        ]
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cailech"
        },
        {
          "word": "eridech"
        },
        {
          "word": "tulchubae"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈku.əx/"
    },
    {
      "note": "Blasse",
      "other": "[ˈku.ax]"
    },
    {
      "note": "Griffith",
      "other": "[ˈku.əx]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cuach"
}

Download raw JSONL data for cuach meaning in Old Irish (5.3kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: cuach/Old Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "cuach"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cuach",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "cuach"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cuach",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
  "path": [
    "cuach"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cuach",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-20 using wiktextract (cdfa371 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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