culaith

Irish

Alternative forms

  • culaidh
  • culuidh, culuith (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish cula(i)d (equipment, gear; attire, suit).[1] Cognate with Scottish Gaelic culaidh and Manx cullee.

Pronunciation

Noun

culaith f (genitive singular culaithe, nominative plural cultacha)

  1. suit (of clothes), dress, apparel
  2. gear, equipment

Declension

Declension of culaith (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative culaith cultacha
vocative a chulaith a chultacha
genitive culaithe cultacha
dative culaith cultacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chulaith na cultacha
genitive na culaithe na gcultacha
dative leis an gculaith
don chulaith
leis na cultacha

Derived terms

  • culaith ghnó
  • culaith oíche
  • culaithirt f (dress; gear, trapping)

Mutation

Mutated forms of culaith
radical lenition eclipsis
culaith chulaith gculaith

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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