cúb

See also: cub, Cub, and CUB

Irish

Etymology

From Scots coop, coup (“box-cart”), from Middle English cowpe, ultimately from Latin cupa (“tub, vat, cask”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kuːb/

Noun

cúb f (genitive singular cúibe, nominative plural cúba)

coop (pen or enclosure for birds)
bend, fold

Declension

Declension of cúb (second declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	cúb	cúba
vocative	a chúb	a chúba
genitive	cúibe	cúb
dative	cúb	cúba

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an chúb	na cúba
genitive	na cúibe	na gcúb
dative	leis an gcúb don chúb	leis na cúba

Derived terms

cúb cearc (“hen-coop”)
cúb seabhac (“falcons' mews”)

Verb

cúb (present analytic cúbann, future analytic cúbfaidh, verbal noun cúbadh, past participle cúbtha)

(transitive) coop
(transitive) bend
(intransitive) cower, shrink

Conjugation

Conjugation of *cúb* (first conjugation – A)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	cúbaim	cúbann tú; cúbair^†	cúbann sé, sí	cúbaimid; cúbann muid	cúbann sibh	cúbann siad; cúbaid^†	a chúbann; a chúbas	cúbtar
past	chúb mé; chúbas	chúb tú; chúbais	chúb sé, sí	chúbamar; chúb muid	chúb sibh; chúbabhair	chúb siad; chúbadar	a chúb	cúbadh
past habitual	chúbainn / cúbainn^‡	chúbtá / cúbtá^‡	chúbadh sé, sí / cúbadh sé, sí^‡	chúbaimis; chúbadh muid / cúbaimis^‡; cúbadh muid^‡	chúbadh sibh / cúbadh sibh^‡	chúbaidís; chúbadh siad / cúbaidís^‡; cúbadh siad^‡	a chúbadh	chúbtaí / cúbtaí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	cúbfaidh mé; cúbfad	cúbfaidh tú; cúbfair^†	cúbfaidh sé, sí	cúbfaimid; cúbfaidh muid	cúbfaidh sibh	cúbfaidh siad; cúbfaid^†	a chúbfaidh; a chúbfas	cúbfar
conditional	chúbfainn / cúbfainn^‡	chúbfá / cúbfá^‡	chúbfadh sé, sí / cúbfadh sé, sí^‡	chúbfaimis; chúbfadh muid / cúbfaimis^‡; cúbfadh muid^‡	chúbfadh sibh / cúbfadh sibh^‡	chúbfaidís; chúbfadh siad / cúbfaidís^‡; cúbfadh siad^‡	a chúbfadh	chúbfaí / cúbfaí^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go gcúba mé; go gcúbad^†	go gcúba tú; go gcúbair^†	go gcúba sé, sí	go gcúbaimid; go gcúba muid	go gcúba sibh	go gcúba siad; go gcúbaid^†	—	go gcúbtar
past	dá gcúbainn	dá gcúbtá	dá gcúbadh sé, sí	dá gcúbaimis; dá gcúbadh muid	dá gcúbadh sibh	dá gcúbaidís; dá gcúbadh siad	—	dá gcúbtaí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	cúbaim	cúb	cúbadh sé, sí	cúbaimis	cúbaigí; cúbaidh^†	cúbaidís	—	cúbtar

past participle	cúbtha

verbal noun	cúbadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Alternative forms

cúbáil

Mutation

Mutated forms of *cúb*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
cúb	chúb	gcúb

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

References

MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “cùb”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN