cúlghabhálach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cúl (“back”) + gabhálach (“receptive”).
Adjective
[edit]cúlghabhálach (genitive singular masculine cúlghabhálaigh, genitive singular feminine cúlghabhálaí, plural cúlghabhálacha, not comparable)
- (law) retroactive
- (law enforcement) retrospective
- Synonym: iarghabhálach
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | cúlghabhálach | chúlghabhálach | cúlghabhálacha; chúlghabhálacha2 | |
| vocative | chúlghabhálaigh | cúlghabhálacha | ||
| genitive | cúlghabhálaí | cúlghabhálacha | cúlghabhálach | |
| dative | cúlghabhálach; chúlghabhálach1 |
chúlghabhálach; chúlghabhálaigh (archaic) |
cúlghabhálacha; chúlghabhálacha2 | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| cúlghabhálach | chúlghabhálach | gcúlghabhálach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúlghabhálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “cúlghabhálach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024