cabhrach

Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈkəuɾˠəx/

Etymology 1 edit

cabhair +‎ -ach; compare Middle Irish cobarthach.

Alternative forms edit

cabharthach

Adjective edit

cabhrach (genitive singular masculine cabhraigh, genitive singular feminine cabhraí, plural cabhracha, comparative cabhraí)

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Declension edit

Declension of cabhrach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	cabhrach	chabhrach	cabhracha; chabhracha²
Vocative	chabhraigh	chabhrach	cabhracha
Genitive	chabhraigh	cabhraí	cabhracha	cabhrach
Dative	cabhrach; chabhrach¹	chabhrach; chabhraigh (archaic)	cabhracha; chabhracha²
Comparative	níos cabhraí
Superlative	is cabhraí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms edit

bean chabhrach (“midwife”)

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

cabhrach f

genitive singular of cabhair

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cabhrach	chabhrach	gcabhrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.