cabha

Irish

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Latin cava (“hollow, cavern”).

Noun

cabha m (genitive singular cabha, nominative plural cabhaí)

1. hollow, cavity
2. hump

Declension

Declension of cabha

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cabha cabhaí Vocative a chabha a chabhaí Genitive cabha cabhaí Dative cabha cabhaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cabha na cabhaí Genitive an chabha na gcabhaí Dative leis an gcabha don chabha leis na cabhaí

Derived terms

• cabhach (“hollow”, adjective)
• cabhán m (“hollow”)
• cabhóg f (“hollow”)

Etymology 2

Probably from Middle English caf, variant form of chaf (“chaff”).

Noun

cabha m (genitive singular cabha)

1. chaff

Declension

Declension of cabha

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cabha Vocative a chabha Genitive cabha Dative cabha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an cabha Genitive an chabha Dative leis an gcabha don chabha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cabha	chabha	gcabha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cabha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN