# cuairt
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /kuəɾˠtʲ/
* (Connacht) IPA: /kuːɾˠtʲ/, /kuəɾˠtʲ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /kuːɾˠtʲ/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish cúairt (“tour, circuit, circle”).

#### Noun

cuairt f (genitive singular cuairte, nominative plural cuairteanna or cuarta)
* circuit; round, course
* (sports) round
* visit
    Cuairt ghearr is a déanamh go hannamh. (proverb)One should not wear out one’s welcome.(literally, “A short visit and not too frequent.”)
* occasion, time

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
cuairt
cuairteanna
vocative
a chuairt
a chuairteanna
genitive
cuairte
cuairteanna
dative
cuairt
cuairteanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an chuairt
na cuairteanna
genitive
na cuairte
na gcuairteanna
dative
leis an gcuairt don chuairt
leis na cuairteanna :
* Plural used with numerals: cuarta

##### Alternative forms

* cuaird (Munster)

##### Derived terms

* ar cuairt (“visiting”)
* cuairt an lao ar an athbhuaile (“a nostalgic revisit”, literally “the calf's visit to the old milking place”)
* cuairt ghaisce (“victory lap”)
* cuairt mhíosa (“monthly visit; bride's home visit after honeymoon”)
* cuairteoir (“visitor”)
* má gcuairt (“around, about, on every side”)
* máguaird (“around, about, on every side”)

### Etymology 2

See cúirt.

#### Noun

cuairt f (genitive singular cuairte, nominative plural cuairteanna)
* Alternative form of cúirt (“court; manor-house, mansion; courtyard”)

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
cuairt
cuairteanna
vocative
a chuairt
a chuairteanna
genitive
cuairte
cuairteanna
dative
cuairt
cuairteanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an chuairt
na cuairteanna
genitive
na cuairte
na gcuairteanna
dative
leis an gcuairt don chuairt
leis na cuairteanna :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ “cuairt”, in Irish Pronunciation Database, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 168
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 275, page 97
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cúairt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuairt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cuairt”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “cuairt”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish cúairt (“tour, circuit, circle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰuərˠʃtʲ/

### Noun

cuairt f (genitive singular cuairte, plural cuairtean)
* (geometry) circle, orb, circumference
    Synonym: cearcall
* orbit
* circuit
* expedition, journey, pilgrimage, excursion
    Synonyms: turas, triop
* walk, visitation, round, ramble
    Synonym: sgrìob
    Ghabh mi cuairt. ― I took a walk.
* turn (somebody's)
    mo chuairt a-nis ― my turn now
* (sports competition, golf) round

#### Derived terms

* ciad-chuairt (“first-foot”)
* cuairtich (“surround, enclose, encircle; circle around”)
* daga-cuairt (“revolver”)
* mu chuairt (“around”)
* mu chuairt air (“about”)
* mun cuairt (“around”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cúairt”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “cuairt”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN