canbhás

Irish

Etymology

From English canvas.

Noun

canbhás m (genitive singular canbháis)

1. canvas
2. (nautical) awning

Declension

Declension of canbhás (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative canbhás vocative a chanbháis genitive canbháis dative canbhás forms with the definite article case singular nominative an canbhás genitive an chanbháis dative leis an gcanbhás don chanbhás

Mutation

Mutated forms of canbhás

radical	lenition	eclipsis
canbhás	chanbhás	gcanbhás

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) “canbhás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “canbhás”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “canbhás”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025