cultúr

See also: cultur

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French culture (“cultivation; culture”), from Latin cultūra (“cultivation; culture”), from cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”).

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kʊl̪ˠˈt̪ˠuːɾˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkʊl̪ˠt̪ˠuːɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʊl̪ˠt̪ˠuɾˠ/

Noun

cultúr m (genitive singular cultúir, nominative plural cultúir)

  1. culture

Declension
Declension of cultúr

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cultúr cultúir
Vocative a chultúir a chultúra
Genitive cultúir cultúr
Dative cultúr cultúir

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cultúr na cultúir
Genitive an chultúir na gcultúr
Dative leis an gcultúr

don chultúr

 leis na cultúir

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cultúr chultúr gcultúr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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