cannabas

Irish

Etymology

From English cannabis, from Latin cannabis (hemp), from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis).

Noun

cannabas m (genitive singular cannabais)

  1. cannabis
    Synonym: cnáib

Declension

Declension of cannabas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative cannabas
vocative a channabais
genitive cannabais
dative cannabas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an cannabas
genitive an channabais
dative leis an gcannabas
don channabas

Mutation

Mutated forms of cannabas
radical lenition eclipsis
cannabas channabas gcannabas

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

Further reading

  • cannabas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

cannabās

  1. accusative plural of cannaba