cúlchlár

Irish

Etymology

From cúl +‎ clár, a calque of English backboard.

Noun

cúlchlár m (genitive singular cúlchláir, nominative plural cúlchláir)

1. (basketball, furniture) backboard

Declension

Declension of cúlchlár (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cúlchlár cúlchláir vocative a chúlchláir a chúlchlára genitive cúlchláir cúlchlár dative cúlchlár cúlchláir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cúlchlár na cúlchláir genitive an chúlchláir na gcúlchlár dative leis an gcúlchlár don chúlchlár leis na cúlchláir

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúlchlár

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cúlchlár	chúlchlár	gcúlchlár

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

Further reading

• “cúlchlár”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024