culaith

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cula(i)d (“equipment, gear; attire, suit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

culaith f (genitive singular culaithe, nominative plural cultacha)

  1. suit (of clothes), dress, apparel
  2. gear, equipment

Declension

Declension of culaith (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative culaith cultacha
vocative a chulaith a chultacha
genitive culaithe cultacha
dative culaith cultacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chulaith na cultacha
genitive na culaithe na gcultacha
dative leis an gculaith
don chulaith 		leis na cultacha

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of culaith
radical lenition eclipsis
culaith chulaith gculaith

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 191

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