tiubh

Irish

Alternative forms

• tiugh (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish tiug (compare Scottish Gaelic tiugh, Manx çhiu), from Proto-Celtic *tegus, from Proto-Indo-European *tégus.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /tʲuvˠ/, [tʲɯvˠ]
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /tʲu(w)/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /tʲʊh/

Adjective

tiubh (genitive singular masculine tiubh, genitive singular feminine tibhe, plural tiubha, comparative tibhe or tiúcha)

1. thick, dense, closely set
2. fast

Declension

Declension of tiubh

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	tiubh	thiubh	tiubha; thiubha2
vocative	thiubh		tiubha
genitive		tibhe	tiubha	tiubh
dative	tiubh; thiubh1	thiubh	tiubha; thiubha2
Comparative	níos tibhe
Superlative	is tibhe

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

• Alternative comparative form: tiúcha (Cois Fharraige)

Noun

tiubh m (genitive singular tiubh)

1. thick part; press, throng

Declension

Declension of tiubh (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative tiubh vocative a thiubh genitive tiubh dative tiubh forms with the definite article singular nominative an tiubh genitive an tiubh dative leis an tiubh don tiubh

Verb

tiubh

1. Alternative form of tiubhaigh (“thicken; concentrate”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of tiubh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tiubh	thiubh	dtiubh

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) “tiubh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “tiubh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “tiubh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025