carabú

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English caribou, from Canadian French caribou, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“caribou”).

Noun

carabú m (genitive singular carabú, nominative plural carabúnna)

  1. caribou (Rangifer tarandus)

Declension

Declension of carabú (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative carabú carabúnna
vocative a charabú a charabúnna
genitive carabú carabúnna
dative carabú carabúnna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an carabú na carabúnna
genitive an charabú na gcarabúnna
dative leis an gcarabú
don charabú 		leis na carabúnna

Mutation

Mutated forms of carabú
radical lenition eclipsis
carabú charabú gcarabú

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

References

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