Irish

Noun

cú m ‎(genitive cú or con, nominative plural cúnna)

1. hound

   Nuair a chonaic Séadanta an cú ag teacht chuige, bhuail sé an crag leis an oiread sin nirt go ndeachaigh sé síos i mbéal an chon, agus trína chorp.‎

   When Sétanta saw the hound coming at him, he hit the ball with so much force that it went into the hound's mouth and through its body.

2. greyhound

Declension

Regular:

Irregular:

Derived terms

• broc-chú m ‎(“dachshund”)
• cú allta m, faolchú m ‎(“wolf”)
• cú dobhráin m, dobharchú m ‎(“otter”)

Mutation

References

• “1 cú” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “cú” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "cú" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Mandarin

Romanization

cú (Zhuyin ㄘㄨˊ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 徂
2. Pinyin transcription of 徂
3. Pinyin transcription of 豠

Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ ‎(cuna, genitive), from Proto-Celtic *kū (compare Welsh ci), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuː/

Noun

cú m ‎(genitive con, nominative plural coin)

1. dog, hound
2. wolf

Declension

Synonyms

• (dog): madrad, matad
• (wolf): cú allaid, macc tíre, sídach

Derived terms

• conamail ‎(“houndlike; (of warrior) fierce, valiant”)
• cúán ‎(“small dog”)
• doburchú ‎(“otter”)

Descendants

• Irish: cú
• Manx: coo
• Scottish Gaelic: cù

Mutation

References

• “1 cú” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cú

Noun

cú m

1. Misspelling of cu.

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *kuːʔ.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ku˧ˀ˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊw˩ˀ˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʊw˦ˀ˥]

Noun

(classifier con) cú ‎(鴝)

1. (zoology) owl

Derived terms

• cú mèo
• cú lợn ‎(“barn owl”)
• cú vọ
• cú muỗi ‎(“nightjar”)

Interjection

cú ‎(鴝)

1. (onomatopoeia) hoot