cabhagach

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From cabhag (haste, hurry) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cabhagach (genitive singular masculine cabhagaich, comparative cabhagaiche)

  1. hasty, hurried

Mutation

Mutation of cabhagach
radical lenition
cabhagach chabhagach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cabhagach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN