cu in Old English

IPA: /kuː/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cow”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*kō|t=cow}} Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cow”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|nominative plural|cȳ|||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=cū|sort=}} cū f (nominative plural cȳ), {{ang-noun|f|cȳ|head=cū}} cū f (nominative plural cȳ) Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun|cū|cȳ|cū|cȳ|cūe,cūs,cȳ|cūa,cūna|cȳ|cūm, cūum}} Forms: cū [canonical, feminine], cȳ [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cū [nominative, singular], cȳ [nominative, plural], cū [accusative, singular], cȳ [accusative, plural], cūe [genitive, singular], cūs [genitive, singular], cȳ [genitive, singular], cūa [genitive, plural], cūna [genitive, plural], cȳ [dative, singular], cūm [dative, plural], cūum [dative, plural]

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "cou"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: cou, cow, cowe, cu, kow, kowe, ku\nEnglish: cow (see there for further descendants)\nGeordie English: coo\nScots: coo, coe, cou\nYola: keow",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: cou, cow, cowe, cu, kow, kowe, ku\nEnglish: cow (see there for further descendants)\nGeordie English: coo\nScots: coo, coe, cou\nYola: keow"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kō",
        "t": "cow"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cow”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cū",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cȳ",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cȳ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cȳ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cȳ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cȳ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "nominative plural",
        "4": "cȳ",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "cū",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cū f (nominative plural cȳ)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "cȳ",
        "head": "cū"
      },
      "expansion": "cū f (nominative plural cȳ)",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cū",
        "2": "cȳ",
        "3": "cū",
        "4": "cȳ",
        "5": "cūe,cūs,cȳ",
        "6": "cūa,cūna",
        "7": "cȳ",
        "8": "cūm, cūum"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "ang",
          "name": "Bovines",
          "orig": "ang:Bovines",
          "parents": [
            "Even-toed ungulates",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "cūhierde"
        },
        {
          "word": "cūwearm"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A cow was brought to the temple to be sacrificed.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Of Saint James the Apostle\"\nĀn cū wearþ ġebrōht tō þām temple þæt man hīe ġeoffrode.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cow"
      ],
      "id": "en-cu-ang-noun-vrE0dUkQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "cow",
          "cow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kuː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cu"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cūhierde"
    },
    {
      "word": "cūwearm"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "cou"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: cou, cow, cowe, cu, kow, kowe, ku\nEnglish: cow (see there for further descendants)\nGeordie English: coo\nScots: coo, coe, cou\nYola: keow",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: cou, cow, cowe, cu, kow, kowe, ku\nEnglish: cow (see there for further descendants)\nGeordie English: coo\nScots: coo, coe, cou\nYola: keow"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kō",
        "t": "cow"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cow”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *kō (“cow”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cū",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cȳ",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cȳ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cū",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cȳ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cȳ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cȳ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cūum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "nominative plural",
        "4": "cȳ",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "cū",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cū f (nominative plural cȳ)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "cȳ",
        "head": "cū"
      },
      "expansion": "cū f (nominative plural cȳ)",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cū",
        "2": "cȳ",
        "3": "cū",
        "4": "cȳ",
        "5": "cūe,cūs,cȳ",
        "6": "cūa,cūna",
        "7": "cȳ",
        "8": "cūm, cūum"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English feminine nouns",
        "Old English irregular nouns",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English nouns",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "ang:Bovines"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A cow was brought to the temple to be sacrificed.",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Of Saint James the Apostle\"\nĀn cū wearþ ġebrōht tō þām temple þæt man hīe ġeoffrode.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cow",
          "cow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kuː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cu"
}

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"cu" meaning in Old English

Noun