cabhag

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Perhaps from Old Irish cabóg (“plundering”). Compare also Irish cabhóg (“hollow, gash”), diminutive of cabha (“hump”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰavak/

Noun

cabhag f (genitive singular cabhaig or cabhaige)

1. haste, hurry

   Synonyms: deann, dian-ruith, sgoinn

Derived terms

• cabhagach

Mutation

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “cabhag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN