cábán
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English caban, cabane, from Old French cabane, from Medieval Latin capanna (“a cabin”). Assimilated to the suffix -án.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /kɑːˈbˠɑːn̪ˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːbˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈkɑːbˠɑːn̪ˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkaːbˠanˠ/, /ˈkaːbˠaːn̪ˠ/
Noun
[edit]cábán m (genitive singular cábáin, nominative plural cábáin)
Declension
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Descendants
[edit]- → Yola: caubaun
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cábán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN