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cúlghabhálach
cúlghabhálach
Irish
Adjective
cúlghabhálach
- (law) retroactive
- (law, law enforcement) retrospective
Declension
Declension of cúlghabhálach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cúlghabhálach | cúlghabhálach¹ | cúlghabhálacha³ | |
| Vocative | cúlghabhálaigh¹ | cúlghabhálach¹ | cúlghabhálacha | |
| Genitive | cúlghabhálaigh¹ | cúlghabhálaí (obsolete) cúlghabhálaighe |
cúlghabhálacha | cúlghabhálach |
| Dative | cúlghabhálach² | cúlghabhálach¹ (archaic) cúlghabhálaigh¹ |
cúlghabhálacha³ | |
| Comparative | cúlghabhálaí (obsolete) cúlghabhálaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
- (law enforcement): iarghabhálach
Related terms
- cúlghabhálacht (“retroactivity”)
Mutation
| 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. | ||