ciúb

Irish

Etymology

From English cube.

Noun

ciúb m (genitive singular ciúib, nominative plural ciúbanna)

1. (geometry) cube

Declension

Declension of ciúb

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ciúb ciúbanna Vocative a chiúib a chiúbanna Genitive ciúib ciúbanna Dative ciúb ciúbanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ciúb na ciúbanna Genitive an chiúib na gciúbanna Dative leis an gciúb don chiúb leis na ciúbanna

Derived terms

• ciúbach
• ciúbachas
• ciúbaí
• ciúbaigh

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ciúb	chiúb	gciúb
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciúb”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ciúb”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ciúb”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024