Irish word

chuir

to put (past of cuir)

verbmasculine/xiɾʲ/

chuir means “to put (past of cuir)” in Irish and is used as a verb. Its recorded IPA pronunciation is /xiɾʲ/.

Mutation forms

Sin iad na daoine ar chuir mé caoi ar a gcarr.

Those are the people whose car I repaired.

Cén chathaoir ar chuir tú an leabhar uirthi?

Which chair did you put the book on?

Chuir mé go leor aistriúcháin.

I added a lot of translations.

Chuir sé lámh ina bhás féin.

He killed himself.

Chuir an rud a dúirt Tom fearg ort, nár chuir?

What Tom said made you angry, didn't it?

Time

tosaigh

to begin

críochnaigh

finish

níos

lean

to follow

fan

to wait

deir

says

mair

live

cinnte

certain, sure

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