Cabhán

Irish

Etymology

From cabhán (“hollow, cavity”), from Old Irish cobfán (“slope, hollow”).

Proper noun

An Cabhán m (genitive an Chabháin)

1. Cavan (a town in Ireland)
2. Cavan (a county of Ireland)

   Synonym: Contae an Chabháin

Declension

Declension of Cabhán (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Cabhán vocative a Chabháin genitive Cabháin dative Cabhán forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Cabhán genitive an Chabháin dative leis an gCabhán don Chabhán

Mutation

Mutated forms of Cabhán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Cabhán	Chabhán	gCabhán

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Cabhán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Cabhán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Cabhán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025