cabaire

Irish

Etymology

From cab (“mouth”) +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

Noun

cabaire m (genitive singular cabaire, nominative plural cabairí)

  1. chatterbox, babbler (someone who babbles)

Declension

Declension of cabaire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cabaire cabairí
vocative a chabaire a chabairí
genitive cabaire cabairí
dative cabaire cabairí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cabaire na cabairí
genitive an chabaire na gcabairí
dative leis an gcabaire
don chabaire 		leis na cabairí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cabaire
radical lenition eclipsis
cabaire chabaire gcabaire

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 146
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 370, page 125
  3. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], page 311

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