cabaire

Irish

Etymology

From cab (“mouth”) +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑbˠəɾʲə/, /ˈkabˠəɾʲə/, (Cois Fharraige) [ˈkaːbˠiɾʲə]

Noun

cabaire m (genitive singular cabaire, nominative plural cabairí)

1. chatterbox, babbler (someone who babbles)

Declension

Declension of cabaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cabaire cabairí vocative a chabaire a chabairí genitive cabaire cabairí dative cabaire cabairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cabaire na cabairí genitive an chabaire na gcabairí dative leis an gcabaire don chabaire leis na cabairí

Derived terms

• cabaireacht
• caibirlín

Mutation

Mutated forms of cabaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cabaire	chabaire	gcabaire

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) “cabaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN