cullach

Irish

Noun

cullach m (genitive singular cullaigh, nominative plural cullaigh)

1. obsolete spelling of collach (“boar”)

Declension

Declension of cullach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cullach cullaigh vocative a chullaigh a chullacha genitive cullaigh cullach dative cullach cullaigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an cullach na cullaigh genitive an chullaigh na gcullach dative leis an gcullach don chullach leis na cullaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of cullach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cullach	chullach	gcullach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.l̪əx/
  • (Blasse) [ˈku.l̪ax]
  • (Griffith) [ˈku.l̪əx]

Noun

cullach m (genitive cullaig, nominative plural cullaig)

1. boar
   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 66^b25

     cullach glosses porcum

2. stallion

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cullach	cullachL	cullaigL
vocative	cullaig	cullachL	cullachuH
accusative	cullachN	cullachL	cullachuH
genitive	cullaigL	cullach	cullachN
dative	cullachL	cullachaib	cullachaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• muccullach

Descendants

• Irish: collach
• Scottish Gaelic: cullach

Mutation

Mutation of cullach

radical	lenition	nasalization
cullach	chullach	cullach pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cullach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• collach

Etymology

From Old Irish cullach (“boar; stallion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰul̪ˠəx/

Noun

cullach m (genitive singular cullaich, plural cullaich)

1. boar or other mature male unneutered animal (cat, stallion, seal etc.)
2. yearling calf
3. eunuch
4. fat heifer

Derived terms

• collachail (“boorish”)
• cull-bhoc (“wether (goat)”)

Mutation

Mutation of cullach

radical	lenition
cullach	chullach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “cullach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “cullach”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN