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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
carabú	charabú	gcarabú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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