cabhrach
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Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]cabhair + -ach; compare Middle Irish cobarthach.
Alternative forms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cabhrach (genitive singular masculine cabhraigh, genitive singular feminine cabhraí, plural cabhracha, comparative cabhraí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cabhrach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cabhrach | chabhrach | cabhracha; chabhracha² | |
| Vocative | chabhraigh | cabhracha | ||
| Genitive | cabhraí | cabhracha | cabhrach | |
| Dative | cabhrach; chabhrach¹ |
chabhrach; chabhraigh (archaic) |
cabhracha; chabhracha² | |
| Comparative | níos cabhraí | |||
| Superlative | is cabhraí | |||
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
[edit]- bean chabhrach (“midwife”)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]cabhrach f
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cabhrach | chabhrach | gcabhrach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cobarthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “caḃrach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 102
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cabhrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cabhrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cabhrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024