crùb

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Norse krjúpa (creep), from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną. Cognate with English creep.

Verb[edit]

crùb (past chrùb, future crùbaidh, verbal noun crùbadh, past participle crùbte)

  1. duck, squat, crouch
  2. stoop, bend
  3. contract, shrink, cringe
  4. crawl, creep

Conjugation[edit]

Participles
Tense \ Voice Active Passive
Present a' crùbadh --
Past chrùb chrùbadh
Future crùbaidh crùbar
Conditional chrùbadh crùbtadh

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
crùb chrùb
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.