ciúb

Irish

Etymology

From English cube.

Noun

ciúb m (genitive singular ciúib, nominative plural ciúbanna)

1. (geometry) cube

Declension

Declension of ciúb (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ciúb ciúbanna vocative a chiúib a chiúbanna genitive ciúib ciúbanna dative ciúb ciúbanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ciúb na ciúbanna genitive an chiúib na gciúbanna dative leis an gciúb don chiúb leis na ciúbanna

Derived terms

• ciúbach
• ciúbachas
• ciúbaí
• ciúbaigh

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciúb

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ciúb	chiúb	gciúb

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) “ciúb”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ciúb”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ciúb”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024