cabha
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Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Perhaps from Latin cava (“hollow, cavern”).
Noun
[edit]cabha m (genitive singular cabha, nominative plural cabhaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cabha
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Probably from Middle English caf, variant form of chaf (“chaff”).
Noun
[edit]cabha m (genitive singular cabha)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cabha
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cabha | chabha | gcabha |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cabha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN