cultúr
See also: cultur
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French culture (“cultivation; culture”), from Latin cultūra (“cultivation; culture”), from cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /kʊl̪ˠˈt̪ˠuːɾˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkʊl̪ˠt̪ˠuːɾˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʊl̪ˠt̪ˠuɾˠ/
Noun edit
cultúr m (genitive singular cultúir, nominative plural cultúir)
Declension edit
Declension of cultúr
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- ardchultúr (“high culture”)
- cultúir (“cultural”)
- cultúrtha (“cultural; cultured”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cultúr | chultúr | gcultúr |
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) “cultúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN