Cabhán

Irish

Proper noun

An Cabhán m (genitive an Chabháin)

1. Cavan (town)
2. Cavan (county)

   Synonym: Contae an Chabháin

Declension

Declension of Cabhán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Cabhán Vocative a Chabháin Genitive Cabháin Dative Cabhán

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an Cabhán Genitive an Chabháin Dative leis an gCabhán don Chabhán

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Cabhán	Chabhán	gCabhán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Cabhán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Cabhán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Cabhán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024