cúlóm

See also: čulom

Irish

Etymology

From English coulomb, after French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

Noun

cúlóm m (genitive singular cúlóim, nominative plural cúlóim)

1. (physics) coulomb (unit of electric charge)

Declension

Declension of cúlóm (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cúlóm cúlóim vocative a chúlóim a chúlóma genitive cúlóim cúlóm dative cúlóm cúlóim forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cúlóm na cúlóim genitive an chúlóim na gcúlóm dative leis an gcúlóm don chúlóm leis na cúlóim

Derived terms

• cúlóiméadracht f (“coulometry”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúlóm

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cúlóm	chúlóm	gcúlóm

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúlóm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “coulomb”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025