cábán
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English caban, cabane, from Old French cabane, from Medieval Latin capanna (“a cabin”). Assimilated to the suffix -án.
Pronunciation
edit- (Munster) IPA(key): /kɑːˈbˠɑːn̪ˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːbˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈkɑːbˠɑːn̪ˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkaːbˠanˠ/, /ˈkaːbˠaːn̪ˠ/
Noun
editcábán m (genitive singular cábáin, nominative plural cábáin)
Declension
editDeclension of cábán
Descendants
edit- → Yola: caubaun
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cábán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN