Cúbach

See also: ciúbach and cúbach

Irish

Etymology

From Cúba (“Cuba”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Cúbach (genitive singular masculine Cúbaigh, genitive singular feminine Cúbaí, plural Cúbacha, not comparable)

1. Cuban

Declension

Declension of Cúbach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
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

Cúbach m (genitive singular Cúbaigh, nominative plural Cúbaigh)

1. Cuban

Declension

Declension of Cúbach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Cúbach Cúbaigh Vocative a Chúbaigh a Chúbacha Genitive Cúbaigh Cúbach Dative Cúbach Cúbaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Cúbach na Cúbaigh Genitive an Chúbaigh na gCúbach Dative leis an gCúbach don Chúbach leis na Cúbaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Cúbach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Cúbach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024