cába

See also: caba, Caba, CABA, çaba, Çaba, and Ćaba

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cába, from Latin cappa, possibly via Old Norse kápa.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːbˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːbˠə/

Noun

cába m (genitive singular cába, nominative plural cábaí)

1. cape, cloak
2. collar

Declension

Declension of cába

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cába cábaí Vocative a chába a chábaí Genitive cába cábaí Dative cába cábaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cába na cábaí Genitive an chába na gcábaí Dative leis an gcába don chába leis na cábaí

Derived terms

• cábach (“wearing a cape; collared”, adjective)
• cáibín m (“caubeen, old hat”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cába	chába	gcába
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cába”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cába”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 102
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cába”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cába”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024