crúb

See also: crùb

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɾˠuːbˠ/

Noun

crúb f (genitive singular crúibe, nominative plural crúba)

(anatomy) claw; hoof
(figurative) claw, paw; hoof

Declension

Declension of crúb

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	crúb	crúba
Vocative	a chrúb	a chrúba
Genitive	crúibe	crúb
Dative	crúb	crúba

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an chrúb	na crúba
Genitive	na crúibe	na gcrúb
Dative	leis an gcrúb don chrúb	leis na crúba

Derived terms

crúb ghé (“crow's foot”)
crúb na gé (“cat's cradle”)
crúba préacháin f pl (“pod-weed, sea oak”)
crúbchrois (“fylfot”)
crúbscoilte (“cloven-hoofed”, adjective)
crúibín
fear na gcrúb m (“the Devil; joker”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
crúb	chrúb	gcrúb
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “crúb”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “crúb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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