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- tiugh (superseded)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): /tʲʊvˠ/, [tʲɯvˠ][1]
- (Galway) IPA(key): /tʲʊ(w)/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /tʲʊh/[2]
Adjective
tiubh (genitive singular masculine tiubh, genitive singular feminine tibhe, plural tiubha, comparative tibhe or tiúcha)
- thick, dense, closely set
- fast
Declension
Declension of tiubh
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | 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)
- thick part; press, throng
Declension
Declension of tiubh
Fourth declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
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Verb
tiubh
- Alternative form of tiubhaigh (“thicken; concentrate”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tiubh | thiubh | dtiubh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 17
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 19
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 tiug”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “tiuġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 737
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 246.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “tiubh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “tiubh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “tiubh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.