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• cúlughadh (superseded)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)

1. verbal noun of cúlaigh
2. reversal
3. (economics) recession
4. (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”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúlú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “cúlú”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024