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)

  1. cabin

Declension

Declension of cábán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cábán cábáin
vocative a chábáin a chábána
genitive cábáin cábán
dative cábán cábáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cábán na cábáin
genitive an chábáin na gcábán
dative leis an gcábán
don chábán 		leis na cábáin

Descendants

  • → Yola: caubaun

Further reading

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