cúlaí

See also: culai

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kuːˈl̪ˠiː/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkuːlˠiː/, /ˈkuːl̪ˠiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkuːlˠi/, /ˈkuːl̪ˠi/

Etymology 1

From cúl (“back”) +‎ -aí.

Noun

cúlaí m (genitive singular cúlaí, nominative plural cúlaithe)

  1. (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
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cúlaí

  1. analytic present subjunctive of cúlaigh

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.
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