caobach

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkeːbˠəx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkiːbˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkiːbˠa(x)/

Noun

caobach f (genitive singular caobaí, nominative plural caobacha)

  1. lumpish person or thing; lout
  2. black-backed gull
    1. great black-backed gull (Larus marinus)
    2. lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus)

Declension
Declension of caobach

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative caobach caobacha
Vocative a chaobach a chaobacha
Genitive caobaí caobach
Dative caobach
caobaigh (archaic, dialectal)		 caobacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chaobach na caobacha
Genitive na caobaí na gcaobach
Dative leis an gcaobach
leis an gcaobaigh (archaic, dialectal)

don chaobach
don chaobaigh (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na caobacha

Descendants
  • → Yola: cub

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

Further reading
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