crúbach

See also: crùbach

Irish

Etymology

From crúb +‎ -ach.

Adjective

crúbach (genitive singular masculine crúbaigh, genitive singular feminine crúbaí, plural crúbacha, comparative crúbaí)

  1. clawed, hoofed
  2. clubfooted, lame
  3. awkward with feet or hands

Declension
Declension of crúbach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative crúbach chrúbach crúbacha;
chrúbacha²
Vocative chrúbaigh crúbacha
Genitive crúbaí crúbacha crúbach
Dative crúbach;
chrúbach¹		 chrúbach;
chrúbaigh (archaic)		 crúbacha;
chrúbacha²
Comparative níos crúbaí
Superlative is crúbaí

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

Noun

crúbach f (genitive singular crúbaí, nominative plural crúbacha)

  1. spider crab
    Synonyms: portán crúbach, portán faoilinne
  2. animal with awkward gait
  3. cow with turned-in horns

Declension
Declension of crúbach

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative crúbach crúbacha
Vocative a chrúbach a chrúbacha
Genitive crúbaí crúbach
Dative crúbach crúbacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chrúbach na crúbacha
Genitive na crúbaí na gcrúbach
Dative leis an gcrúbach

don chrúbach

 leis na crúbacha

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
crúbach chrúbach gcrúbach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "crúbach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “clawed” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “hoofed” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “ungulate” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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