cuirín

See also: cúirín

Irish
cuiríní

Etymology

Borrowed from French raisin de Corinthe (literally “grapes of Corinth, the city in Greece”), modified to contain the suffix -ín.

Noun

cuirín m (genitive singular cuirín, nominative plural cuiríní)

  1. currant

Declension
Declension of cuirín

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cuirín cuiríní
Vocative a chuirín a chuiríní
Genitive cuirín cuiríní
Dative cuirín cuiríní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cuirín na cuiríní
Genitive an chuirín na gcuiríní
Dative leis an gcuirín

don chuirín

 leis na cuiríní

Derived terms
  • arán cuiríní (“currant-bread”)
  • cuirín dearg (“red currant”)
  • cuirín dubh (“black currant”)
  • fíon cuiríní (“currant wine”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cuirín chuirín gcuirín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cuirín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “currant”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023
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