cúlchlár

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Irish

Etymology

From cúl +‎ clár, a calque of English backboard.

Noun

cúlchlár m (genitive singular cúlchláir, nominative plural cúlchláir)

  1. (basketball, furniture) backboard

Declension

Declension of cúlchlár (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cúlchlár cúlchláir
vocative a chúlchláir a chúlchlára
genitive cúlchláir cúlchlár
dative cúlchlár cúlchláir
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cúlchlár na cúlchláir
genitive an chúlchláir na gcúlchlár
dative leis an gcúlchlár
don chúlchlár
leis na cúlchláir

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúlchlár
radical lenition eclipsis
cúlchlár chúlchlár gcúlchlár

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • cúlchlár”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024