crúbach

See also: crùbach

Irish

Etymology

From crúb +‎ -ach.

Adjective

crúbach (genitive singular masculine crúbaigh, genitive singular feminine crúbaí, plural crúbacha, comparative crúbaí)

1. clawed, hoofed
2. clubfooted, lame
3. awkward with feet or hands

   Synonym: ciotrúnta

Declension

Declension of crúbach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	crúbach	chrúbach	crúbacha; chrúbacha2
vocative	chrúbaigh		crúbacha
genitive		crúbaí	crúbacha	crúbach
dative	crúbach; chrúbach1	chrúbach; chrúbaigh (archaic)	crúbacha; chrúbacha2
Comparative	níos crúbaí
Superlative	is crúbaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• arbhar crúbach
• crúbachán
• míol crúbach

Noun

crúbach f (genitive singular crúbaí, nominative plural crúbacha)

1. spider crab

   Synonyms: portán crúbach, portán faoilinne

2. animal with awkward gait
3. cow with turned-in horns

Declension

Declension of crúbach (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative crúbach crúbacha vocative a chrúbach a chrúbacha genitive crúbaí crúbach dative crúbach crúbacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chrúbach na crúbacha genitive na crúbaí na gcrúbach dative leis an gcrúbach don chrúbach leis na crúbacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of crúbach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
crúbach	chrúbach	gcrúbach

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) “crúbach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “clawed”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• “hoofed”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• “ungulate”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025