Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Grammar
Pronunciation
cúinne
cúinneach
cúinneáil
cúinneán
cúinnéireacht
cuinneog
cúinnigh
cuinse
cúinse
cúinseach
cúinseacht
cuinteán
cuintilliún
cúintise
cuíosach
cúipéir
cúipéireacht
cúipinéir
cuir
cuir amach
cuir aníos
cuir anuas
cuir ar
cuinse1 = cainche.
cúinse, m. (gs. ~, pl. -sí). 1. Countenance. ~ a thabhairt do rud, to countenance sth. Bheith gan chúinse, to be out of countenance, disconcerted. Rud gan chúinsí, featureless thing. Ba mhór an ~ dó é, it was very bold of him. Níor dhiúltaigh siad ~ i ngleo, they did not refuse to show their face in battle. Nár dhiúltaigh do chúinsí na dtréan, who did not shirk from facing the warriors. 2. Show, circumstance; (pl.) affairs. Le cúinsí móra a ghlac sé é, he accepted it after a lot of fuss, of coaxing. Bíonn mórán cúinsí ar siúl aige, he makes a great show of doing things, busies himself with a lot of things. Bhí sé ag cur cúinsí orainn, he was enquiring about our affairs. 3. Pretext, condition. Ar aon chúinse, in any, under no, circumstances. Ar an g~ sin a tháinig sé, (it was) on that pretext he came. Beidh ~ éigin aige lena dhéanamh, he will find some pretext for doing it. Ar chúinse go, on condition that. Ghlac sé leis gan chúinse, he accepted it unconditionally. 4. Wile, trick. Tá cúinsí agat, a mhic ó, you are up to something, my boyo. Is iomaí ~ ann, he is full of wiles. (Var: cuinse2)
