cuallacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cúallacht (“litter of wolf cubs”), perhaps a compound of cúan (“litter”) and lucht (“contents”).

Noun

cuallacht f (genitive singular cuallachta, nominative plural cuallachtaí)

  1. company
  2. congregation
  3. guild
    cuallacht cheirde ― trade guild

Declension

Declension of cuallacht (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cuallacht cuallachtaí
vocative a chuallacht a chuallachtaí
genitive cuallachta cuallachtaí
dative cuallacht cuallachtaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chuallacht na cuallachtaí
genitive na cuallachta na gcuallachtaí
dative leis an gcuallacht
don chuallacht 		leis na cuallachtaí
  • cuallaí (“companion”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuallacht
radical lenition eclipsis
cuallacht chuallacht gcuallacht

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

Further reading

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