From cúl (“back”) + gabhálach (“receptive”).
cúlghabhálach (genitive singular masculine cúlghabhálaigh, genitive singular feminine cúlghabhálaí, plural cúlghabhálacha, not comparable)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cúlghabhálach | chúlghabhálach | cúlghabhálacha; chúlghabhálacha² | |
| Vocative | chúlghabhálaigh | cúlghabhálacha | ||
| Genitive | cúlghabhálaí | cúlghabhálacha | cúlghabhálach | |
| Dative | cúlghabhálach; chúlghabhálach¹ |
chúlghabhálach; chúlghabhálaigh (archaic) |
cúlghabhálacha; chúlghabhálacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
| 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. | ||