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curaí

curaí

See also: curai

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾˠiː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌɾˠiː/

Noun

curaí m ‎(genitive singular curaí, nominative plural curaithe)

curry

Declension

Declension of curaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	curaí	curaithe
Vocative	a churaí	a churaithe
Genitive	curaí	curaithe
Dative	curaí	curaithe

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an curaí	na curaithe
Genitive	an churaí	na gcuraithe
Dative	leis an gcuraí don churaí	leis na curaithe

Derived terms

leafaos curaí m ‎(“curry paste”)
púdar curaí m ‎(“curry powder”)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

curaighe (superseded)

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈɾˠiː/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊɾˠiː/, /ˈkɔɾˠiː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɤɾˠi/

Noun

curaí f

genitive singular of curach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
curaí	churaí	gcuraí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"curaí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.