cabhsair
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From English causey + -air, with the first element from Anglo-Norman caucee (“route, highway”), from Vulgar Latin *calciāta, from Latin calciō (“to stamp with the heels, tread”), from calx (“heel”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cabhsair m (genitive singular cabhsair, plural cabhsairean)
Declension edit
Declension of cabhsair (class IId masculine noun)
Indefinite | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | cabhsair | cabhsairean |
Genitive | cabhsair | chabhsairean |
Dative | cabhsair | cabhsairean |
Definite | ||
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | (an) chabhsair | (na) cabhsairean |
Genitive | (a') cabhsair | (nan) cabhsairean |
Dative | (a') chabhsair | (na) cabhsairean |
Vocative | (a) chabhsair | (a) chabhsairean |
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
cabhsair | chabhsair |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |