cúlphlaic

Irish

Etymology

From cúl +‎ plaic.

Noun

cúlphlaic f (genitive singular cúlphlaice, nominative plural cúlphlaiceanna)

1. (anatomy) occiput

   Synonym: ocsapat

Declension

Declension of cúlphlaic (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cúlphlaic cúlphlaiceanna vocative a chúlphlaic a chúlphlaiceanna genitive cúlphlaice cúlphlaiceanna dative cúlphlaic cúlphlaiceanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chúlphlaic na cúlphlaiceanna genitive na cúlphlaice na gcúlphlaiceanna dative leis an gcúlphlaic don chúlphlaic leis na cúlphlaiceanna

See also

• ocsapatach

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúlphlaic

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cúlphlaic	chúlphlaic	gcúlphlaic

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