Cúbach

See also: ciúbach and cúbach

Irish

Etymology

From Cúba (“Cuba”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Cúbach (genitive singular masculine Cúbaigh, genitive singular feminine Cúbaí, plural Cúbacha, not comparable)

  1. Cuban

Declension

Declension of Cúbach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Cúbach Chúbach Cúbacha;
Chúbacha2
vocative Chúbaigh Cúbacha
genitive Cúbaí Cúbacha Cúbach
dative Cúbach;
Chúbach1 		Chúbach;
Chúbaigh (archaic) 		Cúbacha;
Chúbacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

Noun

Cúbach m (genitive singular Cúbaigh, nominative plural Cúbaigh)

  1. Cuban

Declension

Declension of Cúbach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Cúbach Cúbaigh
vocative a Chúbaigh a Chúbacha
genitive Cúbaigh Cúbach
dative Cúbach Cúbaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Cúbach na Cúbaigh
genitive an Chúbaigh na gCúbach
dative leis an gCúbach
don Chúbach 		leis na Cúbaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Cúbach
radical lenition eclipsis
Cúbach Chúbach gCúbach

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