U-lúb

Irish

Etymology

From U +‎ lúb (“bend, loop, twist”).

Noun

U-lúb f (genitive singular U-lúibe, nominative plural U-lúba)

1. U-bend

Declension

Declension of U-lúb (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative U-lúb U-lúba vocative a U-lúb a U-lúba genitive U-lúibe U-lúb dative U-lúb U-lúib (archaic, dialectal) U-lúba forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an U-lúb na hU-lúba genitive na hU-lúibe na nU-lúb dative leis an U-lúb leis an U-lúib (archaic, dialectal) don U-lúb don U-lúib (archaic, dialectal) leis na hU-lúba

Mutation

Mutated forms of U-lúb

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
U-lúb	nU-lúb	hU-lúb	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “U-lúb”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN