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cúlaí

cúlaí

See also: culai

Irish

Noun

cúlaí m ‎(genitive singular cúlaí, nominative plural cúlaithe)

(hurling, Gaelic football, rugby) back

Declension

Declension of cúlaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cúlaí	cúlaithe
Vocative	a chúlaí	a chúlaithe
Genitive	cúlaí	cúlaithe
Dative	cúlaí	cúlaithe

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cúlaí	na cúlaithe
Genitive	an chúlaí	na gcúlaithe
Dative	leis an gcúlaí don chúlaí	leis na cúlaithe

Synonyms

(hurling, Gaelic football): fear cúil, cosantóir, taca

Derived terms

lánchúlaí ‎(“fullback”)
leathchúlaí ‎(“halfback”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cúlaí	chúlaí	gcúlaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"cúlaí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.