cafarr
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish cathbarr, from cath (“battle”) + barr (“tip, point; helmet”)
Pronunciation
Noun
cafarr m (genitive singular cafairr, nominative plural cafairr)
Declension
Declension of cafarr
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- caifirín (“head-shawl”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cafarr | chafarr | gcafarr |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cafarr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cathbarr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “caṫḃarr”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 122
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cafarr”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cafarr”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024