cullach

Irish

Noun

cullach m (genitive singular cullaigh, nominative plural cullaigh)

  1. obsolete spelling of collach (“boar”)

Declension

Declension of cullach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cullach cullaigh
vocative a chullaigh a chullacha
genitive cullaigh cullach
dative cullach cullaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cullach na cullaigh
genitive an chullaigh na gcullach
dative leis an gcullach
don chullach 		leis na cullaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of cullach
radical lenition eclipsis
cullach chullach gcullach

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

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkul͈ax]

Noun

cullach m (genitive cullaig, nominative plural cullaig)

  1. boar
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 66b25
      cullach glosses porcum
  2. stallion

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative cullach cullachL cullaigL
vocative cullaig cullachL cullachuH
accusative cullachN cullachL cullachuH
genitive cullaigL cullach cullachN
dative cullachL cullachaib cullachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: collach
  • Scottish Gaelic: cullach

Mutation

Mutation of cullach
radical lenition nasalization
cullach chullach cullach
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cullach (“boar; stallion”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰul̪ˠəx/

Noun

cullach m (genitive singular cullaich, plural cullaich)

  1. boar or other mature male unneutered animal (cat, stallion, seal etc.)
  2. yearling calf
  3. eunuch
  4. fat heifer

Derived terms

  • collachail (“boorish”)
  • cull-bhoc (“wether (goat)”)

Mutation

Mutation of cullach
radical lenition
cullach chullach

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cullach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cullach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cullach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[2], Stirling, →ISBN
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