cabhrach

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkəuɾˠəx/

Etymology 1

cabhair +‎ -ach; compare Middle Irish cobarthach.[1]

Alternative forms

  • cabharthach

Adjective

cabhrach (genitive singular masculine cabhraigh, genitive singular feminine cabhraí, plural cabhracha, comparative cabhraí)

  1. helpful
Declension
Declension of cabhrach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cabhrach chabhrach cabhracha;
chabhracha2
vocative chabhraigh cabhracha
genitive cabhraí cabhracha cabhrach
dative cabhrach;
chabhrach1 		chabhrach;
chabhraigh (archaic) 		cabhracha;
chabhracha2
Comparative níos cabhraí
Superlative is cabhraí

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

Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cabhrach f

  1. genitive singular of cabhair

Mutation

Mutated forms of cabhrach
radical lenition eclipsis
cabhrach chabhrach gcabhrach

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cobarthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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