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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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currachd, hood, cap, night-cap, Ir. currach (O'R.), M. Ir. curracach, cuculatus (Stokes, Ir. Gl. 598, who suggested connection with W. pyrchwyn, crest of a helmet). Sc. curch, courchie, Eng. kerchief, seem to be the origin of the G. word.
currachdag, peat-heap (M'A.); cf. gurracag.
curradh, a crowding together (Macpherson's Ossian):
curraidh, exhausted (H.S.D.), currtha (Sh., O'B.), Ir. currtha; cf. ciùrr.
curran, curral, a carrot, root, radish, Ir. currán, any kind of tap-rooted plant (O'R., Sh.): *cors, head, as in corr? Cf. Eng. carrot, ultimately from Gr. καρωτόν, carrot, from κάρα, head, top; *cors and kar of κάρα are ultimately from the same source.
curran, curral, horse-panniers for heavy loads; cf. Sc. currack, corrack (do.), Eng. crooks.
currucadh, cooing of pigeons, Ir. currúcadh (O'R.), Sc., Eng. curr, curring. The word is onomatopoetic.
currucag, the lapwing: see curcag.
currusan, a milk-pail:
cùrsa, course, manner, Ir. cúrsa, from the Eng. course.
curta, bad (Sh.; not H.S.D.), curtsa (O'R.); from Eng. curst, cursed.
cus, sufficiency, overplus:
cusag, a wild mustard (Sh., Arm.; not H.S.D.):
cusp, a kibe:
cuspair, an object, mark, Ir. cuspóir, M. Ir. cuspóir (Keat., Oss.3 296). Dialectic cuspair, a customer (see cuspunn).
cuspunn, custom, tribute, also cusmunn; founded on Eng. custom.
cut, hank of yarn, Ir. cuta, one-twelfth of a hank of yarn; from Eng. cut.
cut, to gut (fish); from Eng. gut.
cutach, bobtailed, so Ir., E. Ir. do-chotta, they cut short, W. cwta. The relationship, if any, existing between cut, cutach, and Eng. cut, is one of borrowing; the history of Eng. cut is obscure, and the Celtic words mean "short, shorten", not "to cut" with a knife. Besides, the E. Ir. appears a century and a half earler than the Eng. (1139 v. 1275). Stokes has suggested a borrowing from Fr. couteau (= cultellus, knife) for the E. Ir. form. Rhys says W. is Eng. cutty, borrowed.
cuthach, caothach, rage, Ir. cuthach, *koti-aca-; root kot, Gr. κότος, wrath. See cath. Stokes says Pict. Skr. kváthati, seethe, Got. hvapjan, foam.
