cúb

See also: cub, Cub, and CUB

Irish

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cúb cúba
Vocative a chúb a chúba
Genitive cúibe cúb
Dative cúb cúba

Forms with the definite article

Case 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. coop
  2. bend
  3. cower, shrink

Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
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*; a gcúbas*		 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 chúbtá chúbadh sé, sí chúbaimis; chúbadh muid chúbadh sibh chúbaidís; chúbadh siad a chúbadh /
ar chúbadh*		 chúbtaí
future cúbfaidh mé;
cúbfad		 cúbfaidh tú;
cúbfair†		 cúbfaidh sé, sí cúbfaimid;
cúbfaidh muid		 cúbfaidh sibh cúbfaidh siad;
cúbfaid†		 a chúbfaidh; a chúbfas /
a gcúbfaidh*; a gcúbfas*		 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 /
ar chúbfadh*		 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
verbal noun cúbadh
past participle cúbtha

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

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