cabhail

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkauwəlʲ/

Noun

cabhail f (genitive singular cabhlach, nominative plural cabhlacha)

  1. (anatomy, of person, animal) trunk, torso
  2. main part, frame (of structure, vehicle, etc.)
  3. hull (of ship, etc.)
  4. body, bodice (of garment)

Declension
Declension of cabhail

Fifth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cabhail cabhlacha
Vocative a chabhail a chabhlacha
Genitive cabhlach cabhlacha
Dative cabhail cabhlacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chabhail na cabhlacha
Genitive na cabhlach na gcabhlacha
Dative leis an gcabhail

don chabhail

 leis na cabhlacha

Derived terms
  • cabhlach (“big-bodied”, adjective)
  • cóta cabhlach (“skirt and bodice; frock”)
  • gearrchabhlach (“short-bodied”, adjective)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cabhail chabhail gcabhail
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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