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cúlriascach

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From cúl (back) +‎ riasc (marsh, moor) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

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  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkuːlˠɾˠeːska(x)/, [ˈkuːlˠrˠɛə̯ska(x)]; (older) /ˈkuːlˠɾˠɤːska(x)/, [ˈkuːlˠrˠɤːska(x)][1]

Adjective

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cúlriascach (genitive singular masculine cúlriascaigh, genitive singular feminine cúlriascaí, plural cúlriascacha, comparative cúlriascaí)

  1. lonely, desolate, remote, inaccessible (of a place)

Declension

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Declension of cúlriascach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cúlriascach chúlriascach cúlriascacha;
chúlriascacha2
vocative chúlriascaigh cúlriascacha
genitive cúlriascaí cúlriascacha cúlriascach
dative cúlriascach;
chúlriascach1
chúlriascach;
chúlriascaigh (archaic)
cúlriascacha;
chúlriascacha2
Comparative níos cúlriascaí
Superlative is cúlriascaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of cúlriascach
radical lenition eclipsis
cúlriascach chúlriascach gcúlriascach

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

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 81

Further reading

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