cábla

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cábla, from Middle English cable, from Old Northern French cable, from Late Latin capulum, from the root of capiō.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːbˠəl̪ˠə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːbˠlˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːbˠlˠə/

Noun

cábla m (genitive singular cábla, nominative plural cáblaí)

1. cable

Declension

Declension of cábla (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cábla cáblaí vocative a chábla a cháblaí genitive cábla cáblaí dative cábla cáblaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cábla na cáblaí genitive an chábla na gcáblaí dative leis an gcábla don chábla leis na cáblaí

Derived terms

• cáblaigh (“cable”, verb)
• carr cábla m (“cable car”)
• teilifís chábla f (“cable television”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cábla

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cábla	chábla	gcábla

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cábla”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 102
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cábla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN