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

Mutated forms of crúb

radical	lenition	eclipsis
crúb	chrúb	gcrúb

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

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