cabar

See also: Čabar

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦕꦧꦂ (cabar, ineffectual; failed), from Old Javanese cabar (faint-hearted).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃa.bar/
  • Rhymes: -bar
  • Hyphenation: ca‧bar

Adjective

cabar

  1. (archaic) timid, cowardly, fearful.
  2. (archaic) discouraged, disheartened, downhearted.
  3. (archaic) ineffective, powerless.

Derived terms

  • kecabaran
  • mencabarkan

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

cabar

  1. Romanization of ꦕꦧꦂ

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃaba(r)/
  • Rhymes: -aba(r), -bar, -ar, -a(r)
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ar

Verb

cabar (Jawi spelling چابر)

  1. to dare (to defy or challenge)

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin *capriō, from *capreus, originally from Latin caper (goat). Compare Spanish cabrio, French chevron.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰapəɾ/

Noun

cabar m (genitive singular cabair, plural cabair)

  1. caber, large piece of wood
    tilgeil a' chabairthe tossing of the caber; caber toss
  2. antler
  3. pole, stake, post
  4. rafter
    fo na cabairunder the rafters
    chan eil e fo na cabairit isn't anywhere in the house

Derived terms

  • cabar-fèidh (deer's antlers)

Descendants

  • English: caber

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cabarchabar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cabar”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
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