cabhair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cobair (help, assistance).

Pronunciation

Noun

cabhair f (genitive singular cabhrach or cabhartha)

  1. help, aid, assistance
    Synonyms: cuidiú, cúnamh, fóirithint

Declension

As a fifth-declension noun:

As if it were a verbal noun:

As a second-declension noun (archaic):

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cabhair chabhair gcabhair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 115, page 61
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 40, page 18

Further reading

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