cabhlach

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Old Irish coblach (“fleet”).

Noun

cabhlach m (genitive singular cabhlaigh, nominative plural cabhlaigh)

  1. (military) fleet
  2. (military) navy
  3. (history) naval tax

Etymology 2

From cabhail (“body; trunk, torso”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cabhlach (genitive singular masculine cabhlaigh, genitive singular feminine cabhlaí, plural cabhlacha, comparative cabhlaí)

  1. big-bodied
Declension
Declension of cabhlach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cabhlach chabhlach cabhlacha;
chabhlacha2
vocative chabhlaigh cabhlacha
genitive cabhlaí cabhlacha cabhlach
dative cabhlach;
chabhlach1 		chabhlach;
chabhlaigh (archaic) 		cabhlacha;
chabhlacha2
Comparative níos cabhlaí
Superlative is cabhlaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Etymology 3

Noun

cabhlach f sg

  1. genitive singular of cabhail (“body; trunk, torso”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cabhlach
radical lenition eclipsis
cabhlach chabhlach gcabhlach

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

FWOTD – 19 June 2018

Pronunciation

Noun

cabhlach m (genitive singular cabhlaich, plural cabhlaichean)

  1. fleet
  2. navy

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cabhlach.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of cabhlach
radical lenition
cabhlach chabhlach

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

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 200, page 101
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