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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| cabhsair | chabhsair |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |