cabha

Irish

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Latin cava (“hollow, cavern”).

Noun

cabha m (genitive singular cabha, nominative plural cabhaí)

  1. hollow, cavity
  2. hump
Declension
Declension of cabha

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cabha cabhaí
Vocative a chabha a chabhaí
Genitive cabha cabhaí
Dative cabha cabhaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cabha na cabhaí
Genitive an chabha na gcabhaí
Dative leis an gcabha

don chabha

 leis na cabhaí
Derived terms
  • cabhach (“hollow”, adjective)
  • cabhán m (“hollow”)
  • cabhóg f (“hollow”)

Etymology 2

Probably from Middle English caf, variant form of chaf (“chaff”).

Noun

cabha m (genitive singular cabha)

  1. chaff
Declension
Declension of cabha

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative cabha
Vocative a chabha
Genitive cabha
Dative cabha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an cabha
Genitive an chabha
Dative leis an gcabha

don chabha

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cabha chabha gcabha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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