cabaireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cabaíl, cabaíocht
  • cabghail (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From cabaire +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑbˠəɾʲəxt̪ˠ/[2]

Noun

cabaireacht f (genitive singular cabaireachta)

  1. (act of) babbling, prattling, gabbing, jawing
  2. loquacity
  3. prattle, palaver (unnecessary talk, chatter)

Usage notes

Sometimes functions as a verbal noun without finite verb forms.

Declension

Declension of cabaireacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative cabaireacht
vocative a chabaireacht
genitive cabaireachta
dative cabaireacht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an chabaireacht
genitive na cabaireachta
dative leis an gcabaireacht
don chabaireacht

Synonyms

  • (loquacity): béalscaoilteacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of cabaireacht
radical lenition eclipsis
cabaireacht chabaireacht gcabaireacht

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

References

  1. ^ “cabaireacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 146

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