cúlchlár

Irish

Etymology

From cúl +‎ clár, a calque of English backboard.

Noun

cúlchlár m (genitive singular cúlchláir, nominative plural cúlchláir)

1. (basketball, furniture) backboard

Declension

Declension of cúlchlár

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cúlchlár cúlchláir Vocative a chúlchláir a chúlchlára Genitive cúlchláir cúlchlár Dative cúlchlár cúlchláir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cúlchlár na cúlchláir Genitive an chúlchláir na gcúlchlár Dative leis an gcúlchlár don chúlchlár leis na cúlchláir

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cúlchlár	chúlchlár	gcúlchlár
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “cúlchlár”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024