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tiugh (superseded)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 *tegus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʲuː/
(Galway) IPA^(key): /tʲʊ(w)/

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

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	tiubh	thiubh	tiubha; thiubha²
Vocative	thiubh	thiubh	tiubha
Genitive	thiubh	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)

Case	Singular
Nominative	tiubh
Vocative	a thiubh
Genitive	tiubh
Dative	tiubh

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an tiubh
Genitive	an tiubh
Dative	leis an tiubh don tiubh

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

“2 tiug” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“tiuġ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 246.
"tiubh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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