crúb

crúb

See also: crùb

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish crúb (“claw, hoof, hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾˠuːbˠ/

Noun

crúb f (genitive singular crúibe, nominative plural crúba)

1. (anatomy) claw; hoof
2. (figuratively) 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

• crúba préacháin f pl (“pod-weed, sea oak”)
• crúbchrois (“fylfot”)
• crúb ghé (“crow's foot”)
• crúb na gé (“cat's cradle”)
• crúbscoilte (“cloven-hoofed”, adjective)
• 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

• "crúb" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “crúb” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.