cùirt

== Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Middle Irish cúirt, from Middle English court, from Old French cort, from Late Latin cōrs, contraction of Latin cohors. Replaced Old Irish cuirt, which was borrowed directly from Latin. Cognate with Irish cúirt and Manx cooyrt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʰuːrˠʃtʲ/ === Noun === cùirt f (genitive singular cùirte, plural cùirtean) court (of law) (royal) court palace privilege, honour area, yard circus used contemptuously B'e sin a' chùirt. ― I don't care; what does it matter?; that's a heat. frame of a sieve or riddle ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== taigh-cùirte (“courthouse”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Edward Dwelly (1911), “cùirt”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN