Dub

See also: dub, DUB, dub-, and Dub.

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of Dubliner

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʌb/
• Rhymes: -ʌb

Noun

Dub (plural Dubs)

1. (Ireland, colloquial) A Dubliner.
   • 1993, Mary P. Corcoran, Irish Illegals: Transients Between Two Societies, page 138:

     There is a distinction between Dubliners on the one hand and "rednecks" on the other. […] The Dubs historically went to Liverpool and Birmingham, so they don't have the connections.

   • 1994, Patrick O'Dea, A Class of Our Own: Conversations About Class in Ireland, page 51:

     I did the Pat Kenny show one night and talked about coming from the bottom up, and I got numerous letters, saying to hear somebody with a Dub accent running the brewery was unbelievable.

   • 2018, Sally Rooney, “Three Months Later (March 2014)”, in Normal People:

     Eric released her, grinning. You're a Dub anyway, he said.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Dub

1. (after a qualification) Abbreviation of University of Dublin, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.

See also

• U of Dub

Anagrams

• BDU, BUD, Bud, DBU, bud

Czech

Etymology

From dub (“oak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdup]

Proper noun

Dub m anim (female equivalent Dubová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Dub (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Dub	Dubové
genitive	Duba	Dubů
dative	Dubovi	Dubům
accusative	Duba	Duby
vocative	Dube	Dubové
locative	Dubovi	Dubech
instrumental	Dubem	Duby

Further reading

• “Dub”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)