cultach
Irish
Etymology 1
Adjective
cultach (genitive singular masculine cultaigh, genitive singular feminine cultaí)
Declension
Declension of cultach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cultach | chultach | cultacha; chultacha² | |
| Vocative | chultaigh | cultacha | ||
| Genitive | cultaí | cultacha | cultach | |
| Dative | cultach; chultach¹ |
chultach; chultaigh (archaic) |
cultacha; chultacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cultaí | |||
| Superlative | is cultaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- cultas m (“cult”)
Etymology 2
Noun
cultach f
- variant genitive singular of culaith (“suit”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cultach | chultach | gcultach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "cultach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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