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cúlghabhálach

Irish

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Etymology

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From cúl (“back”) +‎ gabhálach (“receptive”).

Adjective

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cúlghabhálach (genitive singular masculine cúlghabhálaigh, genitive singular feminine cúlghabhálaí, plural cúlghabhálacha, not comparable)

  1. (law) retroactive
  2. (law enforcement) retrospective
    Synonym: iarghabhálach

Declension

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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.

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Mutation

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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

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