cabhail

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkau(ə)lʲ/[1][2]

Noun

cabhail f (genitive singular cabhlach, nominative plural cabhlacha)

  1. (anatomy, of person, animal) trunk, torso
  2. main part, frame (of structure, vehicle, etc.)
  3. hull (of ship, etc.)
  4. body, bodice (of garment)

Declension

Declension of cabhail (fifth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cabhail cabhlacha
vocative a chabhail a chabhlacha
genitive cabhlach cabhlacha
dative cabhail cabhlacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chabhail na cabhlacha
genitive na cabhlach na gcabhlacha
dative leis an gcabhail
don chabhail 		leis na cabhlacha

Derived terms

  • cabhlach (“big-bodied”, adjective)
  • cóta cabhlach (“skirt and bodice; frock”)
  • gearrchabhlach (“short-bodied”, adjective)

Descendants

  • → Yola: cowl

Mutation

Mutated forms of cabhail
radical lenition eclipsis
cabhail chabhail gcabhail

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 200, page 101
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 143, page 57

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