# cúb
## Irish
### Etymology

From Scots coop, coup (“box-cart”), from Middle English cowpe, ultimately from Latin cupa (“tub, vat, cask”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kuːb/

### Noun

cúb f (genitive singular cúibe, nominative plural cúba)
* coop (pen or enclosure for birds)
* bend, fold

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
cúb
cúba
vocative
a chúb
a chúba
genitive
cúibe
cúb
dative
cúb
cúba
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an chúb
na cúba
genitive
na cúibe
na gcúb
dative
leis an gcúb don chúb
leis na cúba :

#### Derived terms

* cúb cearc (“hen-coop”)
* cúb seabhac (“falcons' mews”)

### Verb

cúb (present analytic cúbann, future analytic cúbfaidh, verbal noun cúbadh, past participle cúbtha)
* (transitive) coop
* (transitive) bend
* (intransitive) cower, shrink

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | cúbaim | cúbann tú; cúbair$^†$ | cúbann sé, sí | cúbaimid | cúbann sibh | cúbann siad; cúbaid$^†$ | a chúbann; a chúbas / a gcúbann* | cúbtar |
| indicative | past | chúb mé; chúbas | chúb tú; chúbais | chúb sé, sí | chúbamar; chúb muid | chúb sibh; chúbabhair | chúb siad; chúbadar | a chúb / ar chúb* | cúbadh |
| indicative | past habitual | chúbainn / gcúbainn‡‡ | chúbtá / gcúbtá‡‡ | chúbadh sé, sí / gcúbadh sé, sí‡‡ | chúbaimis; chúbadh muid / gcúbaimis‡‡; gcúbadh muid‡‡ | chúbadh sibh / gcúbadh sibh‡‡ | chúbaidís; chúbadh siad / gcúbaidís‡‡; gcúbadh siad‡‡ | a chúbadh / a gcúbadh* | chúbtaí / gcúbtaí‡‡ |
| future | future | cúbfaidh mé; cúbfad | cúbfaidh tú; cúbfair$^†$ | cúbfaidh sé, sí | cúbfaimid; cúbfaidh muid | cúbfaidh sibh | cúbfaidh siad; cúbfaid$^†$ | a chúbfaidh; a chúbfas / a gcúbfaidh* | cúbfar |
| conditional | conditional | chúbfainn / gcúbfainn‡‡ | chúbfá / gcúbfá‡‡ | chúbfadh sé, sí / gcúbfadh sé, sí‡‡ | chúbfaimis; chúbfadh muid / gcúbfaimis‡‡; gcúbfadh muid‡‡ | chúbfadh sibh / gcúbfadh sibh‡‡ | chúbfaidís; chúbfadh siad / gcúbfaidís‡‡; gcúbfadh siad‡‡ | a chúbfadh / a gcúbfadh* | chúbfaí / gcúbfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go gcúba mé; go gcúbad$^†$ | go gcúba tú; go gcúbair$^†$ | go gcúba sé, sí | go gcúbaimid; go gcúba muid | go gcúba sibh | go gcúba siad; go gcúbaid$^†$ | — | go gcúbtar |
| subjunctive | past | dá gcúbainn | dá gcúbtá | dá gcúbadh sé, sí | dá gcúbaimis; dá gcúbadh muid | dá gcúbadh sibh | dá gcúbaidís; dá gcúbadh siad | — | dá gcúbtaí |
| imperative | imperative | cúbaim | cúb | cúbadh sé, sí | cúbaimis | cúbaigí; cúbaidh$^†$ | cúbaidís | — | cúbtar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | cúbadh | cúbadh | cúbadh | cúbadh | cúbadh | cúbadh | cúbadh | cúbadh |
| past participle | past participle | cúbtha | cúbtha | cúbtha | cúbtha | cúbtha | cúbtha | cúbtha | cúbtha |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

#### Alternative forms

* cúbáil

### Mutation

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

### References

* MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cùb”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cúb”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cúb”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “cúb”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025