cultach
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Adjective edit
cultach (genitive singular masculine cultaigh, genitive singular feminine cultaí)
Declension edit
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 edit
- cultas m (“cult”)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
cultach f
Mutation edit
| 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 edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cultach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN