cúl

See also: cul, cùl, cûl, and cúl-

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cúl, cognate with Latin cūlus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuːlˠ/

Noun

cúl m (genitive singular cúil, nominative plural cúil)

  1. behind
  2. back
  3. (sports) goal
    Synonym: báire
    1. (score gained)
    2. (target area)
      Synonym: góraí
  4. tail

Declension
Declension of cúl

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cúl cúil
Vocative a chúil a chúla
Genitive cúil cúl
Dative cúl cúil

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cúl na cúil
Genitive an chúil na gcúl
Dative leis an gcúl

don chúl

 leis na cúil
  • Alternative plural: cúla (used in certain phrases)

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cúl chúl gcúl
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kūlos, from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-l-, from *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). Cognate with Welsh cil and Latin cūlus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuːl/

Noun

cúl m (genitive cúil, nominative plural cúil)

  1. back
  2. rear

Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cúl cúlL cúilL
Vocative cúil cúlL cúluH
Accusative cúlN cúlL cúluH
Genitive cúilL cúl cúlN
Dative cúlL cúlaib cúlaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms
  • íarcúl

Descendants
  • Irish: cúl
  • Manx: cooyl
  • Scottish Gaelic: cùl

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
cúl chúl cúl
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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