caibe

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Closely resembles Welsh caib (“mattock”), but deriving the -b- in both Gaelic and Welsh from a common inherited source is difficult. Given that the Gaelic word is not found in Irish, it is possible to postulate that the Gaelic word is a borrowing from a Brittonic substrate language.

Noun

caibe m (genitive singular caibe, plural caibeannan or caibeachan)

  1. spade, mattock
  2. the iron part of a cas-chrom or of any delving instrument
  3. blade of a spade or turf-cutter

Derived terms

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