cúlaigh

Irish

Etymology 1

From cúl +‎ -igh.

Alternative forms

  • cúl
  • cúluigh (obsolete)

Verb

cúlaigh (present analytic cúlaíonn, future analytic cúlóidh, verbal noun cúlú, past participle cúlaithe)

  1. (intransitive) to recede, withdraw (move back, move away)
    Synonym: téigh ar gcúl
  2. (military) to retire, retreat (withdraw military forces)
    Synonym: téigh ar gcúl
  3. (ambitransitive) to back (go in the reverse direction; move in the reverse direction), reverse (cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction)
    Chúlaigh sé an capall/carr.He reversed the car/backed the horse.
  4. to flinch (make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus)
  5. to retrograde, regress (move backwards to an earlier stage)
  6. (rowing) to backwater (row or paddle a backwater stroke)
Conjugation

Further reading

  • cúlaigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cúluiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 214
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúlaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cúlaigh

  1. (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of cúil

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúlaigh
radical lenition eclipsis
cúlaigh chúlaigh gcúlaigh

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