cù

irreg. sm Dog. 2(AF) Moth, (i.e. clothes-dog or gnawer). 3(DU) Dogfish. 4(WC) Timber-dog, used in sawmills, scaffolding, &c. Declined thus:

	Singular	Plural
Nom.	cù	coin
Gen.	coin	chon
Dat.	cù	coin
Voc.	a choin!	a chona!

For kinds of dogs and compounds see alphabetical order below. Cù cuthach, a mad dog; mial-chù, a greyhound; mo ghaol air do dhà shùil, ged a bhiodh do bhrù aig “na coin,” I like your two eyes, though “the dogs” should have the rest of you; mo chuideachd fhéin, “coin” Throtairnis, my own company, the “dogs” of Trotternish, “the dogs” being a nickname for the people of Trotternish; dà chaol-chù, two gaunt dogs; taigh-chon, a kennel; taigh nan con, the kennel; cù dubh Eadailteach, sleuth-hound; coin dubha Ghriogarach, kind of bloodhound, used of old for tracking deer; also used by their enemies for tracking fugitives of the Clan Gregor; coin-fhodair, fleas — *Mull; is fheàirrde a h-uile cù a dhìon a chinn a dhranndan, a dog's snarl defends his head; cho sgìth ri cù, as tired as a dog; is e duine a nì, is e cù a dh'innseas, he is a man who acts, but a cur who tells.

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