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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Perhaps from Old Irish cabóg (“plundering”). Compare also Irish cabhóg (“hollow, gash”), diminutive of cabha (“hump”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cabhag f (genitive singular cabhaig or cabhaige)
- haste, hurry
- Synonyms: deann, dian-ruith, sgoinn
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| cabhag |
chabhag
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “cabhag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN