cú

• IPA^(key): /kuː/^[1][2]

From Old Irish cú (“dog, hound”),^[3] from Proto-Celtic *kū (compare Welsh ci, Breton ki), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”).

cú m or f (genitive singular cú or con, nominative plural cúnna or coin)

1. hound, greyhound

   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.[1]

2. (figuratively) hero, champion

Regular

Irregular

cú

1. The name of the Latin-script letter q/Q.

• (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
• Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cú”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 204
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cú”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cú”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

• cu — nonstandard

cú (cu², Zhuyin ㄘㄨˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 徂
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 殂
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 豠

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

• IPA^(key): /kuː/

cú m (genitive con, nominative plural coin)

1. dog, hound
   • c. 1000, “The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig”, in Ernst Windisch, editor, Irische Texte, volume 1, published 1800, section 1:

     Bui cu oca, no ditned in cu Lagniu uile. Ailbe ainm in chon, ocus lan hEriu dia aurdarcus.

     He had a dog; the dog protected all Leinster. Ailbhe was the name of the dog, and all Ireland was full of his fame.

• Genitive singular: con

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): /kuː/

cú m (genitive con, nominative plural coin)

1. dog, hound
2. wolf

   Synonym: macc tíre

• The nominative singular cú irregularly causes lenition when used to create male given names, such as Cú Chulainn.

• conamail
• cúán
• Cú Chulainn
• doburchú

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

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

• Hyphenation: cú

cú m

1. Misspelling of cu.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ku˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʊw˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʊw˦˥]

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From Proto-Vietic *kuːʔ, of imitative origin. Compare Proto-Tai *ɡawꟲ (“owl”) (whence Thai เค้า (káo), Lao ເຄົ້າ (khao)), Chinese 鵂 (OC *qʰ(r)u), 鴞 (OC *[ɢ]ʷ(r)aw) (B-S).

(classifier con) cú • (鴝, 𫚱)

1. an owl (bird)

• hù; dù dì

cú • (鴝, 𫚱)

1. (onomatopoeia) hoot

cú

1. to knuckle one's head

   Synonyms: kí, cốc

cú

1. Used for a (usually quick) action.

   một cú điện thoại ― a phonecall

• Úc