cuarc

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuəɾˠk/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English quark.

Noun

cuarc m (genitive singular cuairc, nominative plural cuairc)

  1. (physics) quark
Declension
Declension of cuarc (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cuarc cuairc
vocative a chuairc a chuarca
genitive cuairc cuarc
dative cuarc cuairc
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cuarc na cuairc
genitive an chuairc na gcuarc
dative leis an gcuarc
don chuarc
leis na cuairc
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Quark.

Noun

cuarc m (genitive singular cuarc)

  1. quark (cheese)
Declension
Declension of cuarc (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative cuarc
vocative a chuarc
genitive cuarc
dative cuarc
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an cuarc
genitive an chuarc
dative leis an gcuarc
don chuarc

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuarc
radical lenition eclipsis
cuarc chuarc gcuarc

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