cullach

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkul͈ax]

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. 66b25
      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

Descendants
  • Irish: collach

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
cullach chullach cullach
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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