cabhlacha

Irish

Adjective

cabhlacha pl

1. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural of cabhlach (“big-bodied”)

Noun

cabhlacha f pl

1. plural of cabhail (“body; trunk, torso; main part, frame; hull; bodice”)
2. ruins, roofless walls

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cabhlacha	chabhlacha	gcabhlacha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cabhail”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cabhlach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “cabhlacha”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024