ciúbach

Irish

Etymology

From ciúb (“cube”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

ciúbach (genitive singular masculine ciúbaigh, genitive singular feminine ciúbaí, plural ciúbacha, not comparable)

1. (geometry) cubic

Declension

Declension of ciúbach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ciúbach	chiúbach	ciúbacha; chiúbacha²
Vocative	chiúbaigh		ciúbacha
Genitive		ciúbaí	ciúbacha	ciúbach
Dative	ciúbach; chiúbach¹	chiúbach; chiúbaigh (archaic)	ciúbacha; chiúbacha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

• bréagchiúbach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ciúbach	chiúbach	gciúbach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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