cabach

Irish

Etymology

From cab +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈbˠɑx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkabˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkabˠa(x)/

Adjective

cabach (genitive singular masculine cabaigh, genitive singular feminine cabaí, plural cabacha, comparative cabaí)

1. loquacious, babbling, garrulous

Declension

Declension of cabach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	cabach	chabach	cabacha; chabacha2
vocative	chabaigh		cabacha
genitive		cabaí	cabacha	cabach
dative	cabach; chabach1	chabach; chabaigh (archaic)	cabacha; chabacha2
Comparative	níos cabaí
Superlative	is cabaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• cainteach
• béalscaoilte

Mutation

Mutated forms of cabach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cabach	chabach	gcabach

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