Mac Cába

Irish

Etymology

Uncertain. Appears to mean “son of Cába”, but Cába is not an Irish given name. It could be from cába (“cape, hood”) used as a nickname^[1] or an alteration of Mac Aba (literally “son of the abbot”).^[2]

Proper noun

Mac Cába m (genitive Mhic Cába)

a male surname, feminine equivalent Nic Cába

Descendants

→ English: Cabe, MacCabe, McCabe

Mutation

Mutated forms of *Mac Cába*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
Mac Cába	Mhac Cába	not applicable

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

References

^ Woulfe, Patrick (1993) Irish Names and Surnames, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 324
^ Harrison, Henry (1996) Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary, Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, →ISBN, page M2

[1] Woulfe, Patrick (1993) Irish Names and Surnames, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 324

[2] Harrison, Henry (1996) Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary, Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, →ISBN, page M2

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