cábán
Irish
Etymology
From Middle English caban, cabane, from Old French cabane, from Medieval Latin capanna (“a cabin”). Assimilated to the suffix -án.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /kɑːˈbˠɑːn̪ˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːbˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈkɑːbˠɑːn̪ˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkaːbˠanˠ/, /ˈkaːbˠaːn̪ˠ/
Noun
cábán m (genitive singular cábáin, nominative plural cábáin)
- cabin
Declension
Declension of cábán
First declension
Bare forms:
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Descendants
- → Yola: caubaun
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cábán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN