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Irish
Etymology
From crúb + -ach.
Adjective
crúbach (genitive singular masculine crúbaigh, genitive singular feminine crúbaí, plural crúbacha, comparative crúbaí)
- clawed, hoofed
- clubfooted, lame
- awkward with feet or hands
- Synonym: ciotrúnta
Declension
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)
- spider crab
- Synonyms: portán crúbach, portán faoilinne
- animal with awkward gait
- cow with turned-in horns
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| crúbach
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chrúbach
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gcrúbach
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “crúbach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “clawed”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “hoofed”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “ungulate”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024