cúlionad

Irish

Etymology

From cúl +‎ ionad.

Noun

cúlionad m (genitive singular cúlionaid, nominative plural cúlionaid)

1. (art) background

Declension

Declension of cúlionad (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cúlionad cúlionaid vocative a chúlionaid a chúlionada genitive cúlionaid cúlionad dative cúlionad cúlionaid forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an cúlionad na cúlionaid genitive an chúlionaid na gcúlionad dative leis an gcúlionad don chúlionad leis na cúlionaid

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúlionad

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cúlionad	chúlionad	gcúlionad

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúlionad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cúlionad”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm