Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish cab (mouth, muzzle).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cabadaich f (genitive singular cabadaiche, plural cabadaichean)

  1. blethering, blathering, chatting

Usage notes edit

  • Can be used as a verbal noun:
    Bidh iad a' cabadaich gun sgur.They are blethering incessantly.

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cabadaich chabadaich
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.