cúlaí

See also: culai

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kuːˈl̪ˠiː/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkuːlˠiː/, /ˈkuːl̪ˠiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkuːlˠi/, /ˈkuːl̪ˠi/

Etymology 1

From cúl (“back”) +‎ -aí.

Noun

cúlaí m (genitive singular cúlaí, nominative plural cúlaithe)

  1. (hurling, Gaelic football, rugby) back
Declension
Declension of cúlaí (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cúlaí cúlaithe
vocative a chúlaí a chúlaithe
genitive cúlaí cúlaithe
dative cúlaí cúlaithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cúlaí na cúlaithe
genitive an chúlaí na gcúlaithe
dative leis an gcúlaí
don chúlaí 		leis na cúlaithe
Synonyms
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cúlaí

  1. analytic present subjunctive of cúlaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúlaí
radical lenition eclipsis
cúlaí chúlaí gcúlaí

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

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