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

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cúlchlár chúlchlár gcúlchlár
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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