cúlú

See also: culu, culú, cūlǔ, and čulu

Irish

Alternative forms

cúlughadh (superseded)

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /kuːˈl̪ˠuː/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːlˠuː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːlˠu/

Noun

cúlú m (genitive singular cúlaithe, nominative plural cúluithe)

verbal noun of cúlaigh
reversal
(economics) recession
(statistics) regression

Declension

Declension of cúlú

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cúlú	cúluithe
Vocative	a chúlú	a chúluithe
Genitive	cúlaithe	cúluithe
Dative	cúlú	cúluithe

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cúlú	na cúluithe
Genitive	an chúlaithe	na gcúluithe
Dative	leis an gcúlú don chúlú	leis na cúluithe

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cúlú	chúlú	gcúlú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“cúlú” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
"cúlú" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “cúlú” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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