cúlaí - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kuːˈl̪ˠiː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːlˠiː/, /ˈkuːl̪ˠiː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːlˠi/, /ˈkuːl̪ˠi/

From cúl (“back”) +‎ -aí.

cúlaí m (genitive singular cúlaí, nominative plural cúlaithe)

1. (hurling, Gaelic football, rugby) back

• (hurling, Gaelic football): cosantóir, taca

• lánchúlaí
• leathchúlaí

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúlaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cúlaí

1. analytic present subjunctive of cúlaigh