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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cobair (“help, assistance”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cabhair f (genitive singular cabhrach or cabhartha)
- 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
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| cabhair
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chabhair
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gcabhair
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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
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cobair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “caḃair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 102
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cabhair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “cabhair” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cabhair” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.