cabha

Irish

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Latin cava (“hollow, cavern”).

Noun

cabha m (genitive singular cabha, nominative plural cabhaí)

1. hollow, cavity
2. hump

Declension

Declension of cabha (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cabha cabhaí vocative a chabha a chabhaí genitive cabha cabhaí dative cabha cabhaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an cabha na cabhaí genitive an chabha na gcabhaí dative leis an gcabha don chabha leis na cabhaí

Derived terms

• cabhach (“hollow”, adjective)
• cabhán m (“hollow”)
• cabhóg f (“hollow”)

Etymology 2

Probably from Middle English caf, variant form of chaf (“chaff”).

Noun

cabha m (genitive singular cabha)

1. chaff

Declension

Declension of cabha (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative cabha vocative a chabha genitive cabha dative cabha forms with the definite article singular nominative an cabha genitive an chabha dative leis an gcabha don chabha

Mutation

Mutated forms of cabha

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cabha	chabha	gcabha

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