cúlghabhálach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From cúl (“back”) + gabhálach (“receptive”).
Adjective edit
cúlghabhálach (genitive singular masculine cúlghabhálaigh, genitive singular feminine cúlghabhálaí, plural cúlghabhálacha, not comparable)
- (law) retroactive
- (law enforcement) retrospective
- Synonym: iarghabhálach
Declension edit
Declension of cúlghabhálach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cúlghabhálach | chúlghabhálach | cúlghabhálacha; chúlghabhálacha² | |
| Vocative | chúlghabhálaigh | cúlghabhálacha | ||
| Genitive | cúlghabhálaí | cúlghabhálacha | cúlghabhálach | |
| Dative | cúlghabhálach; chúlghabhálach¹ |
chúlghabhálach; chúlghabhálaigh (archaic) |
cúlghabhálacha; chúlghabhálacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
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 edit
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cúlghabhálach | chúlghabhálach | gcúlghabhálach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúlghabhálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “cúlghabhálach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.