ciúbach

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Irish

Etymology

From ciúb (“cube”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

ciúbach (genitive singular masculine ciúbaigh, genitive singular feminine ciúbaí, plural ciúbacha, not comparable)

  1. (geometry) cubic

Declension

Declension of ciúbach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative ciúbach chiúbach ciúbacha;
chiúbacha2
vocative chiúbaigh ciúbacha
genitive ciúbaí ciúbacha ciúbach
dative ciúbach;
chiúbach1 		chiúbach;
chiúbaigh (archaic) 		ciúbacha;
chiúbacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciúbach
radical lenition eclipsis
ciúbach chiúbach gciúbach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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