Cúba

See also: cuba, Cuba, cúba, cubà, and čuba

Irish

Etymology

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Proper noun

Cúba m (genitive Chúba)

1. Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)

   Synonym: Poblacht Chúba

Derived terms

• Cúbach (“Cuban”, adjective)
• Cúbach m (“Cuban”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Cúba	Chúba	gCúba
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Cúba”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Cúba”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024