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tiubh
tiubh
Irish
Alternative forms
- tiugh (superseded)
Adjective
tiubh (genitive singular masculine tiubh, genitive singular feminine tibhe, plural tiubha, comparative tibhe or tiúcha)
Declension
Declension of tiubh
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | tiubh | thiubh | tiubha; thiubha² |
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| Vocative | thiubh | tiubha | ||
| Genitive | tibhe | tiubha | tiubh | |
| Dative | tiubh; thiubh¹ |
thiubh | tiubha; thiubha² |
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| 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)
Declension
Declension of tiubh
Fourth declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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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, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 246.
- "tiubh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.