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

Noun

crùb m (genitive singular crùba, plural crubannan)

  1. (obsolete) hand (particularly of a child)
  2. lame foot
  3. wrinkle
  4. contraction
  5. (architecture, blackhouse) recessed bed in a wall
  6. (architecture) an upright beam embedded in masonry supporting a couple leg
  7. (agriculture) a "polycrub", a polycarbonate tunnel akin to a polytunnel or greenhouse used mainly in the Western Isles

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.

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