cúlghabhálach

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Irish

Etymology

From cúl (“back”) +‎ gabhálach (“receptive”).

Adjective

cúlghabhálach (genitive singular masculine cúlghabhálaigh, genitive singular feminine cúlghabhálaí, plural cúlghabhálacha, not comparable)

  1. (law) retroactive
  2. (law enforcement) retrospective
    Synonym: iarghabhálach

Declension

Declension of cúlghabhálach
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.

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúlghabhálach
radical lenition eclipsis
cúlghabhálach chúlghabhálach gcúlghabhálach

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

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