carabú

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English caribou, from Canadian French caribou, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“caribou”).

Noun

carabú m (genitive singular carabú, nominative plural carabúnna)

1. caribou (Rangifer tarandus)

Declension

Declension of carabú (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative carabú carabúnna vocative a charabú a charabúnna genitive carabú carabúnna dative carabú carabúnna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an carabú na carabúnna genitive an charabú na gcarabúnna dative leis an gcarabú don charabú leis na carabúnna

Mutation

Mutated forms of carabú

radical	lenition	eclipsis
carabú	charabú	gcarabú

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carabú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN