cabhair

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkauəɾʲ/, [ˈkaɯ̯ɪɾʲ]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /koːɾʲ/

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

Derived terms

• cabhrach
• cabhair Mhuire
• cabhraigh

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

• 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