cabhair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cobair (“help, assistance”).

Noun

cabhair f (genitive singular cabhrach or cabhartha)

1. help, aid, assistance

   Synonyms: cuidiú, cúnamh, fóirithint

Declension

As a fifth-declension noun:

Declension of cabhair

Fifth declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative cabhair Vocative a chabhair Genitive cabhrach Dative cabhair cabhraigh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an chabhair Genitive na cabhrach Dative leis an gcabhair leis an gcabhraigh (archaic, dialectal) don chabhair don chabhraigh (archaic, dialectal)

As if it were a verbal noun:

Declension of cabhair

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative cabhair Vocative a chabhair Genitive cabhartha Dative cabhair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an chabhair Genitive na cabhartha Dative leis an gcabhair don chabhair

As a second-declension noun (archaic):

Declension of cabhair

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cabhair Vocative a chabhair Genitive cabhra Dative cabhair

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an chabhair Genitive na cabhra Dative leis an gcabhair don chabhair

Mutation

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.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cabhair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cabhair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024