cúlaí

See also: culai

Irish

Etymology

From cúl (“back”) +‎ -aí.

Noun

cúlaí m (genitive singular cúlaí, nominative plural cúlaithe)

1. (hurling, Gaelic football, rugby) back

Declension

Declension of cúlaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cúlaí cúlaithe Vocative a chúlaí a chúlaithe Genitive cúlaí cúlaithe Dative cúlaí cúlaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cúlaí na cúlaithe Genitive an chúlaí na gcúlaithe Dative leis an gcúlaí don chúlaí leis na cúlaithe

Synonyms

• (hurling, Gaelic football): fear cúil, cosantóir, taca

Derived terms

• lánchúlaí (“fullback”)
• leathchúlaí (“halfback”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cúlaí	chúlaí	gcúlaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "cúlaí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.