cúlaigh

== Irish == === Etymology 1 === From cúl +‎ -igh. ==== Alternative forms ==== cúl cúluigh (obsolete) ==== Verb ==== cúlaigh (present analytic cúlaíonn, future analytic cúlóidh, verbal noun cúlú, past participle cúlaithe) (intransitive) to recede, withdraw (move back, move away) Synonym: téigh ar gcúl (military) to retire, retreat (withdraw military forces) Synonym: téigh ar gcúl (ambitransitive) to back (go in the reverse direction; move in the reverse direction), reverse (cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction) Chúlaigh sé an capall/carr. ― He reversed the car/backed the horse. to flinch (make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus) to retrograde, regress (move backwards to an earlier stage) (rowing) to backwater (row or paddle a backwater stroke) ===== Conjugation ===== ==== Further reading ==== “cúlaigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cúluiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 214 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cúlaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== cúlaigh (archaic, dialectal) dative singular of cúil === Mutation ===