EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
cúige1, m. (gs. ~, pl. -gí). 1. Hist: One of five divisions of Ireland. Cúig cúigí na hÉireann, the five fifths, the whole, of Ireland. 2. Province. ~ Chonnacht, Laighean, Mumhan, Uladh, (the Province of) Connacht, Leinster, Munster, Ulster. (Var: f)
cúige2, var. gs. of cúig 1.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ as Cúige Mumhan, from Munster in the south.
Chuir siad ceithre cúigí Éireann ina cheann, they set the four provinces of Ireland against him.
~eadh dó an cúige, the province was given over to him.
~ cúige, provincial capital.
~ cúige, provincial king.
~ go Cúige Uladh, north to Ulster.