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^(key): /kɪdʲ/

Noun

cuid f (genitive singular coda, nominative plural codanna or codacha or codcha)

1. part
2. portion
3. 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

Declension of cuid (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cuid codanna vocative a chuid a chodanna genitive coda codanna dative cuid codanna forms with the definite article case 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

Mutated forms of cuid

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cuid	chuid	gcuid

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

Further reading

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

Old Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyjd/

Verb

cuid

1. 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^(key): /kʰutʲ/

Noun

cuid f (genitive singular codach, plural codaichean)

1. 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")

Declension

Declension of cuid

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	cuid	codaichean
genitive	codach	chodaichean
dative	cuid	codaichean
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(a') chuid	(na) codaichean
genitive	(na) codach	(nan) codaichean
dative	(a') chuid	(na) codaichean
vocative	chuid	chodaiche

Derived terms

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