cúb

See also: cub, Cub, and CUB

Irish

Etymology

From Scots coop, coup (“box-cart”), from Middle English cowpe, ultimately from Latin cupa (“tub, vat, cask”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːb/

Noun

cúb f (genitive singular cúibe, nominative plural cúba)

1. coop (pen or enclosure for birds)
2. bend, fold

Declension

Declension of cúb (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cúb cúba vocative a chúb a chúba genitive cúibe cúb dative cúb cúba forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chúb na cúba genitive na cúibe na gcúb dative leis an gcúb don chúb leis na cúba

Derived terms

• cúb cearc (“hen-coop”)
• cúb seabhac (“falcons' mews”)

Verb

cúb (present analytic cúbann, future analytic cúbfaidh, verbal noun cúbadh, past participle cúbtha)

1. (transitive) coop
2. (transitive) bend
3. (intransitive) cower, shrink

Conjugation

conjugation of cúb (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	cúbaim	cúbann tú; cúbair†	cúbann sé, sí	cúbaimid	cúbann sibh	cúbann siad; cúbaid†	a chúbann; a chúbas / a gcúbann*	cúbtar
	past	chúb mé; chúbas	chúb tú; chúbais	chúb sé, sí	chúbamar; chúb muid	chúb sibh; chúbabhair	chúb siad; chúbadar	a chúb / ar chúb*	cúbadh
	past habitual	chúbainn / gcúbainn‡‡	chúbtá / gcúbtᇇ	chúbadh sé, sí / gcúbadh sé, s퇇	chúbaimis; chúbadh muid / gcúbaimis‡‡; gcúbadh muid‡‡	chúbadh sibh / gcúbadh sibh‡‡	chúbaidís; chúbadh siad / gcúbaidís‡‡; gcúbadh siad‡‡	a chúbadh / a gcúbadh*	chúbtaí / gcúbta퇇
future		cúbfaidh mé; cúbfad	cúbfaidh tú; cúbfair†	cúbfaidh sé, sí	cúbfaimid; cúbfaidh muid	cúbfaidh sibh	cúbfaidh siad; cúbfaid†	a chúbfaidh; a chúbfas / a gcúbfaidh*	cúbfar
conditional		chúbfainn / gcúbfainn‡‡	chúbfá / gcúbfᇇ	chúbfadh sé, sí / gcúbfadh sé, s퇇	chúbfaimis; chúbfadh muid / gcúbfaimis‡‡; gcúbfadh muid‡‡	chúbfadh sibh / gcúbfadh sibh‡‡	chúbfaidís; chúbfadh siad / gcúbfaidís‡‡; gcúbfadh siad‡‡	a chúbfadh / a gcúbfadh*	chúbfaí / gcúbfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go gcúba mé; go gcúbad†	go gcúba tú; go gcúbair†	go gcúba sé, sí	go gcúbaimid; go gcúba muid	go gcúba sibh	go gcúba siad; go gcúbaid†	—	go gcúbtar
	past	dá gcúbainn	dá gcúbtá	dá gcúbadh sé, sí	dá gcúbaimis; dá gcúbadh muid	dá gcúbadh sibh	dá gcúbaidís; dá gcúbadh siad	—	dá gcúbtaí
imperative		cúbaim	cúb	cúbadh sé, sí	cúbaimis	cúbaigí; cúbaidh†	cúbaidís	—	cúbtar
verbal noun		cúbadh
past participle		cúbtha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Alternative forms

• cúbáil

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúb

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cúb	chúb	gcúb

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

References

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cùb”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúb”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cúb”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cúb”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025