cabhair
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish cobair (“help, assistance”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cabhair f (genitive singular cabhrach or cabhartha)
- help, aid, assistance
- Synonyms: cuidiú, cúnamh, fóirithint
Declension[edit]
As a fifth-declension noun:
Declension of cabhair
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Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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As if it were a verbal noun:
Declension of cabhair
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Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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As a second-declension noun (archaic):
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cabhair | chabhair | gcabhair |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 115, page 61
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 40, page 18
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cobair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “caḃair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 102
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cabhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “cabhair” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cabhair” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.