cábán

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English caban, cabane, from Old French cabane, from Medieval Latin capanna (“a cabin”). Assimilated to the suffix -án.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kɑːˈbˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːbˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈkɑːbˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːbˠanˠ/, /ˈkaːbˠaːn̪ˠ/

Noun

cábán m (genitive singular cábáin, nominative plural cábáin)

1. cabin

Declension

Declension of cábán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cábán cábáin vocative a chábáin a chábána genitive cábáin cábán dative cábán cábáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cábán na cábáin genitive an chábáin na gcábán dative leis an gcábán don chábán leis na cábáin

Descendants

• → Yola: caubaun

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cábán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN