cabach

Irish

Etymology

From cab +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cabach (genitive singular masculine cabaigh, genitive singular feminine cabaí, plural cabacha, comparative cabaí)

  1. loquacious, babbling, garrulous

Declension

Declension of cabach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cabach chabach cabacha;
chabacha2
vocative chabaigh cabacha
genitive cabaí cabacha cabach
dative cabach;
chabach1 		chabach;
chabaigh (archaic) 		cabacha;
chabacha2
Comparative níos cabaí
Superlative is cabaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cabach
radical lenition eclipsis
cabach chabach gcabach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “cabach”, in Irish Pronunciation Database, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 415, page 136

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