cúlriascach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cúl (“back”) +‎ riasc (“marsh, moor”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkuːlˠɾˠeːska(x)/, ; (older) /ˈkuːlˠɾˠɤːska(x)/, [1]

Adjective

cúlriascach (genitive singular masculine cúlriascaigh, genitive singular feminine cúlriascaí, plural cúlriascacha, comparative cúlriascaí)

  1. lonely, desolate, remote, inaccessible (of a place)

Declension

Declension of cúlriascach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cúlriascach chúlriascach cúlriascacha;
chúlriascacha2
vocative chúlriascaigh cúlriascacha
genitive cúlriascaí cúlriascacha cúlriascach
dative cúlriascach;
chúlriascach1 		chúlriascach;
chúlriascaigh (archaic) 		cúlriascacha;
chúlriascacha2
Comparative níos cúlriascaí
Superlative is cúlriascaí

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 cúlriascach
radical lenition eclipsis
cúlriascach chúlriascach gcúlriascach

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 81

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