cába
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cába, from Latin cappa.
Noun
cába m (genitive singular cába, nominative plural cábaí)
- cape, cloak
- collar
Declension
Declension of cába
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Derived terms
- cábach (“wearing a cape; collared”, adjective)
- cáibín m (“caubeen, old hat”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cába | chába | gcába |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cába”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cába”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 102
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cába”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “cába” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cába” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.