cúlriascach

Irish

Alternative forms

• cúlriascmhar, cúlriascúil

Etymology

From cúl (“back”) +‎ riasc (“marsh, moor”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːlˠɾˠeːska(x)/, [ˈkuːlˠrˠɛə̯ska(x)]; (older) /ˈkuːlˠɾˠɤːska(x)/, [ˈkuːlˠrˠɤːska(x)]

Adjective

cúlriascach (genitive singular masculine cúlriascaigh, genitive singular feminine cúlriascaí, plural cúlriascacha, comparative cúlriascaí)

1. lonely, desolate, remote, inaccessible (of a place)

Declension

Declension of cúlriascach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cúlriascach	chúlriascach	cúlriascacha; chúlriascacha²
Vocative	chúlriascaigh		cúlriascacha
Genitive		cúlriascaí	cúlriascacha	cúlriascach
Dative	cúlriascach; chúlriascach¹	chúlriascach; chúlriascaigh (archaic)	cúlriascacha; chúlriascacha²
Comparative	níos cúlriascaí
Superlative	is cúlriascaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cúlriascach	chúlriascach	gcúlriascach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cúilriascṁar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 209
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúlriascach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN