cuirim, vl. cur, imper. cuir, v. tr., I put, place, fix, send, apply; it is used largely in connection with preps, which limit its meaning; with ar before indirect object to do good or harm to a person or thing, to ask questions of, to send for; to put hindering, delaying, trembling, favours, etc., on one, .i. to hinder, delay, make tremble, etc.; fios do chur air, to send for him; comaoin do chur air, to confer a benefit on him; eagla do chur ar, to make afraid; éagcóir do chur ar, to wrong; maill do chur ar, to delay; do chur ar cáirde, to put off; do chur ar crith, to make tremble; do chur ar gcúl, to put aside, to postpone; with as it denotes to put a person or thing out of a place or position, to emit a cry, etc., do chuir sé liúgh as, he uttered a cry; cur as ionad, to dislocate; é do chur as a thalamh, to eject him from his land; with de, to put away from one's self, to emit, to take from another; cuir (an bóthar) díot, be off; often with saoghal, etc., omitted, as atá sé ag cur de go maith, he is getting on well; atá sé ag cur alluis de, he is perspiring; with fá, to put something under or binding on a person or thing, to put a person or thing under protection, etc.; cur fá chomairce, to put under protection of; urchall do chur fá, to put a fetter on, to fetter; with i, to trust, hope in, take interest in, desire a person or thing; suim do chur sa tsaoghal, to hanker after worldly things or life, also in phrases like cur i gcéill, i n-umhail dó, to remind him, to give him to understand; cur i bhfeidhm, to put to use; i leith, to impute; i dtaiscidh, to store up; with ó, to hinder from getting a thing, to put one out of a position, inheritance, etc.; cur ó oighreacht, to put out of inheritance; do chuir sé litir uaidh, he sent a letter (from him); with le (re), to express limit put to a thing, an addition to, a prop to, the sending with or by means of; cuir airgead leis, send money with him, or by him: cuir rud leis, prop it up, add something to it, exaggerate; with roimh, to put a task before one, to determine on a thing; with tré, to mingle one thing with another; with um, cuirim umam, I put on (of clothes); with adverb, cur síos, to set down; cur amach, to evict, to put forth; cur suas le, to tolerate; I bury, sow (seed), plant; ag cur suas ar, preventing; of the weather, tá sé ag cur seaca, it is freezing; tá sé ag cur fearthanna, it is raining (shortened to tá sé ag cur, in North and West, and not used in M.); ní 'ghá chur leo é, "not judging them," they are not to be envied (said of persons guilty of some unworthy deed); cuir i gcás, supposing; cur i gcéill, to pretend (Don.) an bhfuil mé ag cur as duit? am I putting you to inconvenience? (Con.).