cuntas

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

cuntas m (genitive singular cuntais, nominative plural cuntais)

  1. verbal noun of cuntais
  2. count
  3. account (bank, etc.), record, tally
    1. reckoning
    2. narration
    3. inquiry
    4. chronicle
      Synonym: croinic

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • ar chuntas ar bith (on any account)
  • breac-chuntas (sketchy account)
  • cuntasach (account-keeping, particular, adjective)
  • cuntas airgid (cash account)
  • cuntas a thabhairt ar (recite, verb)
  • cuntas bainc (bank account)
  • cuntas béil (oral account, verbal account)
  • cuntas brabúis agus caillteanais (profit and loss account)
  • cuntas bréagach (misrepresentation)
  • cuntas buille ar bhuille, cuntas céim ar chéim, cuntas mion, mionchuntas (blow-by-blow)
  • cuntas buiséid (budget account)
  • cuntas caipitil (capital account)
  • cuntas calraí (calorie counting)
  • cuntas coigiltis (saver account, savings account)
  • cuntas costas, cuntas speansas (expense account)
  • cuntas creidmheasa (charge account)
  • cuntas deiridh (final account)
  • cuntas eascró (escrow account)
  • cuntas fála (receivable account)
  • cuntas iarbháis (obit)
  • cuntasóir (accountant)
  • cuntas reatha (checking account; current account; running commentary)
  • cuntas scríofa (pen portrait)
  • cuntas taisce (deposit account)
  • cuntas taistil (travelogue)
  • lá an chuntais (the day of reckoning)
  • leabhar cuntais, leabhar cuntas (account book, journal, ledger)
  • seic-chuntas (checking account)
  • stoc-chuntas (stock-account)
  • cuntasóireacht (accountancy; book-keeping)

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 Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • account” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • chronicle” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • count” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • counting” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • delineation” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • depiction” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • description” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • folio” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • history” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • log” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • portrait” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • recital” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • recitation” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • reckoning” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • recount” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • report” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • tally” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • testament” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • cuntas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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