cuntas

Irish

Alternative forms

cunntas, cúntas, cuntus, cúntus, cunntus

Etymology

From Middle Irish cuntas, borrowed from Anglo-Norman cuntes.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌn̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/

Noun

cuntas m (genitive singular cuntais, nominative plural cuntais)

verbal noun of cuntais
amount
account (bank; narration; etc.)
reckoning

Declension

Declension of cuntas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cuntas	cuntais
Vocative	a chuntais	a chuntasa
Genitive	cuntais	cuntas
Dative	cuntas	cuntais

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cuntas	na cuntais
Genitive	an chuntais	na gcuntas
Dative	leis an gcuntas don chuntas	leis na cuntais

Derived terms

ar chuntas ar bith
breac-chuntas
cuntas a thabhairt ar
cuntas airgid
cuntas bainc
cuntas béil
cuntas caipitil
cuntas coigiltis
cuntas costas
cuntas deiridh
cuntas iarbháis
cuntas reatha
cuntas speansas
cuntasach
cuntasóir
lá an chuntais
leabhar cuntais
mionchuntas
seic-chuntas
stoc-chuntas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cuntas	chuntas	gcuntas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“cuntas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cunntas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 217
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuntas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “cuntas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cuntas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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