# cuid
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish cuit (“part, portion, share”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (compare Welsh peth (“thing”), Breton pezh (“piece”)). Doublet of píosa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɪdʲ/, /kidʲ/

### Noun

cuid f (genitive singular coda, nominative plural codanna or codacha or codcha)
* part
* portion
* used with non-inalienable mass nouns and plural count nouns as a kind of measure word after a possessive pronoun or before a genitive
    mo chuid leabhar ― my books (lit. ‘my portion of books’)
    do chuid ceoil ― your music (lit. ‘your portion of music’)
    a cuid grianghraf ― her pictures (lit. ‘her portion of pictures’)
    ár gcuid físeán ― our videos (lit. ‘our portion of videos’)
    cuid éadaigh Sheáin ― Seán’s clothing (lit. ‘Seán’s portion of clothing’)
** 1906, E. C. Quiggin, “Áindrías an Ime”, in A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of Glenties, page 196:Seachtmhain roimhe Shamhain chuaidh an Seónstanach siar ⁊ seacht ngearráin ⁊ péire cliabh air ghach gearrán fá choinne a chuid ime.A week before Samhain, Johnstone went back with seven geldings and a pair of panniers on each gelding for his butter.

#### Usage notes

* The measure-word meaning of cuid is not generally used with inalienable nouns like relatives and body parts (legs, hands, etc.):
** deartháireacha an bhuachalla ― the boy’s brothers (not *cuid deartháireacha an bhuachalla)
** mo chosa ― my legs (not *mo chuid cosa)
* However, cuid may be used with hair, teeth etc.
** do chuid gruaige ― your hair
** a chuid fiacla ― his teeth

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
cuid
codanna
vocative
a chuid
a chodanna
genitive
coda
codanna
dative
cuid
codanna
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an chuid
na codanna
genitive
na coda
na gcodanna
dative
leis an gcuid don chuid
leis na codanna :
* Ulster genitive singular: codach
* Alternative plural forms: codacha, codcha

#### Derived terms

* anchuid (“excessive amount”)
* caolchuid (“lesser part”)
* mórchuid (“large amount, greater amount”)

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 136, page 71
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 402, page 133
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 152

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Old Occitan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kyjd/

### Verb

cuid
* first-person singular present of cuidar

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish cuit (“part, portion, share”), from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (compare Welsh peth (“thing”), Breton pezh (“piece”)). Doublet of pìos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰutʲ/

### Noun

cuid f (genitive singular codach, plural codaichean)
* part, portion, share, ingredient

#### Usage notes

* Sometimes used where English uses pronoun:
    cuid dhiubh ― some of them (literally "part of them")
    a’ chuid eile ― the others (literally "the other part")

#### Derived terms

* an dà chuid (“both”)
* an dara cuid (“either (conjunction)”)
* aon chuid (“either (conjunction)”)
* cuideigin (“somebody”)