crùb

See also: crúb

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Verb

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

Participles

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

Derived terms

• crùbach (“limping”)
• crùbag (“crab”)

Mutation

Mutation of crùb

radical	lenition
crùb	chrùb

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