Cúbach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Cúbach (genitive singular masculine Cúbaigh, genitive singular feminine Cúbaí, plural Cúbacha, not comparable)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Cúbach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Cúbach | Chúbach | Cúbacha; Chúbacha² | |
Vocative | Chúbaigh | Cúbacha | ||
Genitive | Cúbaí | Cúbacha | Cúbach | |
Dative | Cúbach; Chúbach¹ |
Chúbach; Chúbaigh (archaic) |
Cúbacha; Chúbacha² | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun[edit]
Cúbach m (genitive singular Cúbaigh, nominative plural Cúbaigh)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Cúbach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Cúbach | Chúbach | gCúbach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Cúbach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “Cúbach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.