Mac Cába

Irish

Etymology

Uncertain. Appears to mean “son of Cába”, but Cába is not an Irish given name. It could be from cába (“cape, hood”) used as a nickname^[1] or an alteration of Mac Aba (literally “son of the abbot”).^[2]

Proper noun

Mac Cába m (genitive Mhic Cába)

a male surname, feminine equivalent Nic Cába

Descendants

→ English: Cabe, MacCabe, McCabe

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Mac Cába	Mhac Cába	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

^ Woulfe, Patrick (1993) Irish Names and Surnames, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 324
^ Harrison, Henry (1996) Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary, Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, →ISBN, page M2

[1] Woulfe, Patrick (1993) Irish Names and Surnames, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 324

[2] Harrison, Henry (1996) Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary, Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, →ISBN, page M2

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