cabhrach

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkəuɾˠəx/

Etymology 1

cabhair +‎ -ach; compare Middle Irish cobarthach.

Alternative forms

• cabharthach

Adjective

cabhrach (genitive singular masculine cabhraigh, genitive singular feminine cabhraí, plural cabhracha, comparative cabhraí)

1. helpful

Declension

Declension of cabhrach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	cabhrach	chabhrach	cabhracha; chabhracha2
vocative	chabhraigh		cabhracha
genitive		cabhraí	cabhracha	cabhrach
dative	cabhrach; chabhrach1	chabhrach; chabhraigh (archaic)	cabhracha; chabhracha2
Comparative	níos cabhraí
Superlative	is cabhraí

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

Derived terms

• bean chabhrach (“midwife”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cabhrach f

1. genitive singular of cabhair

Mutation

Mutated forms of cabhrach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cabhrach	chabhrach	gcabhrach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cobarthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “caḃrach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 102
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cabhrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cabhrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cabhrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024