cúb

See also: cub, Cub, and CUB

Irish

Etymology

From Scots coop, coup (“box-cart”), from Middle English cowpe, ultimately from Latin cupa (“tub, vat, cask”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuːb/

Noun

cúb f (genitive singular cúibe, nominative plural cúba)

  1. coop (pen or enclosure for birds)
  2. bend, fold

Declension

Declension of cúb (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cúb cúba
vocative a chúb a chúba
genitive cúibe cúb
dative cúb cúba
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chúb na cúba
genitive na cúibe na gcúb
dative leis an gcúb
don chúb 		leis na cúba

Derived terms

  • cúb cearc (“hen-coop”)
  • cúb seabhac (“falcons' mews”)

Verb

cúb (present analytic cúbann, future analytic cúbfaidh, verbal noun cúbadh, past participle cúbtha)

  1. (transitive) coop
  2. (transitive) bend
  3. (intransitive) cower, shrink

Conjugation

conjugation of cúb (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun cúbadh
past participle cúbtha
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present cúbaim cúbann tú;
cúbair† 		cúbann sé, sí cúbaimid cúbann sibh cúbann siad;
cúbaid† 		a chúbann; a chúbas /
a gcúbann* 		cúbtar
past chúb mé; chúbas chúb tú; chúbais chúb sé, sí chúbamar; chúb muid chúb sibh; chúbabhair chúb siad; chúbadar a chúb /
ar chúb* 		cúbadh
past habitual chúbainn / gcúbainn‡‡ chúbtá / gcúbtᇇ chúbadh sé, sí / gcúbadh sé, s퇇 chúbaimis; chúbadh muid / gcúbaimis‡‡; gcúbadh muid‡‡ chúbadh sibh / gcúbadh sibh‡‡ chúbaidís; chúbadh siad / gcúbaidís‡‡; gcúbadh siad‡‡ a chúbadh /
a gcúbadh* 		chúbtaí / gcúbta퇇
future cúbfaidh mé;
cúbfad 		cúbfaidh tú;
cúbfair† 		cúbfaidh sé, sí cúbfaimid;
cúbfaidh muid 		cúbfaidh sibh cúbfaidh siad;
cúbfaid† 		a chúbfaidh; a chúbfas /
a gcúbfaidh* 		cúbfar
conditional chúbfainn / gcúbfainn‡‡ chúbfá / gcúbfᇇ chúbfadh sé, sí / gcúbfadh sé, s퇇 chúbfaimis; chúbfadh muid / gcúbfaimis‡‡; gcúbfadh muid‡‡ chúbfadh sibh / gcúbfadh sibh‡‡ chúbfaidís; chúbfadh siad / gcúbfaidís‡‡; gcúbfadh siad‡‡ a chúbfadh /
a gcúbfadh* 		chúbfaí / gcúbfa퇇
subjunctive
present go gcúba mé;
go gcúbad† 		go gcúba tú;
go gcúbair† 		go gcúba sé, sí go gcúbaimid;
go gcúba muid 		go gcúba sibh go gcúba siad;
go gcúbaid† 		— go gcúbtar
past dá gcúbainn dá gcúbtá dá gcúbadh sé, sí dá gcúbaimis;
dá gcúbadh muid 		dá gcúbadh sibh dá gcúbaidís;
dá gcúbadh siad 		— dá gcúbtaí
imperative
– cúbaim cúb cúbadh sé, sí cúbaimis cúbaigí;
cúbaidh† 		cúbaidís — cúbtar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Alternative forms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúb
radical lenition eclipsis
cúb chúb gcúb

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

References

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cùb”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN

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