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
Positive singular plural
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

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
singular plural
nominative crúbach crúbacha
vocative a chrúbach a chrúbacha
genitive crúbaí crúbach
dative crúbach crúbacha
forms with the definite article
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
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