cultúr

See also: cultur

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French culture (“cultivation; culture”), from Latin cultūra (“cultivation; culture”), from cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kʊl̪ˠˈt̪ˠuːɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊl̪ˠt̪ˠuːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊl̪ˠt̪ˠuɾˠ/

Noun

cultúr m (genitive singular cultúir, nominative plural cultúir)

1. culture

Declension

Declension of cultúr

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cultúr cultúir Vocative a chultúir a chultúra Genitive cultúir cultúr Dative cultúr cultúir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cultúr na cultúir Genitive an chultúir na gcultúr Dative leis an gcultúr don chultúr leis na cultúir

Derived terms

• ardchultúr (“high culture”)
• cultúir (“cultural”)
• cultúrtha (“cultural; cultured”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cultúr	chultúr	gcultúr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cultúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN