cúlú

See also: culu, culú, cūlǔ, and čulu

Irish

Alternative forms

• cúlughadh (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kuːˈl̪ˠuː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːlˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːlˠu/

Noun

cúlú m (genitive singular cúlaithe, nominative plural cúluithe)

1. verbal noun of cúlaigh
2. reversal
3. (economics) recession
4. (statistics) regression

Declension

Declension of cúlú (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cúlú cúluithe vocative a chúlú a chúluithe genitive cúlaithe cúluithe dative cúlú cúluithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cúlú na cúluithe genitive an chúlaithe na gcúluithe dative leis an gcúlú don chúlú leis na cúluithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúlú

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cúlú	chúlú	gcúlú

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

Further reading

• “cúlú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúlú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “cúlú”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025