ciúbach

Irish

Etymology

From ciúb (“cube”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

ciúbach (genitive singular masculine ciúbaigh, genitive singular feminine ciúbaí, plural ciúbacha, not comparable)

  1. (geometry) cubic

Declension

Declension of ciúbach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ciúbach chiúbach ciúbacha;
chiúbacha2
vocative chiúbaigh ciúbacha
genitive ciúbaí ciúbacha ciúbach
dative ciúbach;
chiúbach1 		chiúbach;
chiúbaigh (archaic) 		ciúbacha;
chiúbacha2
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.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciúbach
radical lenition eclipsis
ciúbach chiúbach gciúbach

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

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