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Definition 2024
cultach
cultach
Irish
Adjective
cultach (genitive singular masculine cultaigh, genitive singular feminine cultaí)
Declension
Declension of cultach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cultach | cultach¹ | cultacha³ | |
| Vocative | cultaigh¹ | cultach¹ | cultacha | |
| Genitive | cultaigh¹ | cultaí (obsolete) cultaighe |
cultacha | cultach |
| Dative | cultach² | cultach¹ (archaic) cultaigh¹ |
cultacha³ | |
| Comparative | cultaí (obsolete) cultaighe |
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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.
Related terms
- cultas m (“cult”)
Etymology 2
Noun
cultach f
- variant genitive singular of culaith (“suit”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cultach | chultach | gcultach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "cultach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.