cabhsa

Irish

Alternative forms

• cabhas

Etymology

From Middle English cauce, from Anglo-Norman caucee (“route, highway”), from Vulgar Latin *calciāta, from either Latin calx (“limestone”) or calciō (“to stamp with the heels, tread”), from calx (“heel”). [from 16th c.]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkausˠə/

Noun

cabhsa m (genitive singular cabhsa, nominative plural cabhsaí)

1. causeway
2. path, lane

Declension

Declension of cabhsa

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cabhsa cabhsaí Vocative a chabhsa a chabhsaí Genitive cabhsa cabhsaí Dative cabhsa cabhsaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cabhsa na cabhsaí Genitive an chabhsa na gcabhsaí Dative leis an gcabhsa don chabhsa leis na cabhsaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cabhsa	chabhsa	gcabhsa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cabhsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN