crúb

See also: crùb

Irish

Etymology

Possibly related to crobh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾˠuːbˠ/

Noun

crúb f (genitive singular crúibe, nominative plural crúba)

1. (anatomy) claw; hoof
2. (figurative) claw, paw; hoof

Declension

Declension of crúb

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative crúb crúba Vocative a chrúb a chrúba Genitive crúibe crúb Dative crúb crúba

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chrúb na crúba Genitive na crúibe na gcrúb Dative leis an gcrúb don chrúb leis na crúba

Derived terms

• crúb ghé (“crow's foot”)
• crúb na gé (“cat's cradle”)
• crúba préacháin f pl (“pod-weed, sea oak”)
• crúbchrois (“fylfot”)
• crúbscoilte (“cloven-hoofed”, adjective)
• crúibín
• fear na gcrúb m (“the Devil; joker”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
crúb	chrúb	gcrúb
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “crúb”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 202
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “crúb”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “crúb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language