cabhair
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cobair (“help, assistance”).
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /koːɾʲ/[1]
Noun
cabhair f (genitive singular cabhrach or cabhartha)
- 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):
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As if it were a verbal noun:
Declension of cabhair
Third declension
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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As a second-declension noun (archaic):
Declension of cabhair
Second declension
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Derived terms
- cabhrach
- cabhair Mhuire
- cabhraigh
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cabhair | chabhair | gcabhair |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 18
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cobair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- 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
- Entries containing “cabhair” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cabhair” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.