cabhair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cobair (“help, assistance”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkauəɾʲ/, [ˈkaɯ̯ɪɾʲ]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /koːɾʲ/

Noun

cabhair f (genitive singular cabhrach or cabhartha)

1. help, aid, assistance

   Synonyms: cuidiú, cúnamh, fóirithint

Declension

As a fifth-declension noun:

Declension of cabhair (fifth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cabhair vocative a chabhair genitive cabhrach dative cabhair cabhraigh (archaic, dialectal) forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chabhair genitive na cabhrach dative leis an gcabhair leis an gcabhraigh (archaic, dialectal) don chabhair don chabhraigh (archaic, dialectal)

As if it were a verbal noun:

Declension of cabhair (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cabhair vocative a chabhair genitive cabhartha dative cabhair forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chabhair genitive na cabhartha dative leis an gcabhair don chabhair

As a second-declension noun (archaic):

Declension of cabhair (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cabhair vocative a chabhair genitive cabhra dative cabhair forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chabhair genitive na cabhra dative leis an gcabhair don chabhair

Derived terms

• cabhrach
• cabhair Mhuire
• cabhraigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of cabhair

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cabhair	chabhair	gcabhair

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) “caḃair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 102
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cabhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cabhair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cabhair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024