cultach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
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Adjective
[edit]cultach (genitive singular masculine cultaigh, genitive singular feminine cultaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cultach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | cultach | chultach | cultacha; chultacha² | |
Vocative | chultaigh | cultacha | ||
Genitive | cultaí | cultacha | cultach | |
Dative | cultach; chultach¹ |
chultach; chultaigh (archaic) |
cultacha; chultacha² | |
Comparative | níos cultaí | |||
Superlative | is cultaí |
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]- cultas m (“cult”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]cultach f
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cultach | chultach | gcultach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cultach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN