cábán

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English caban, cabane, from Old French cabane, from Medieval Latin capanna (“a cabin”). Assimilated to the suffix -án.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kɑːˈbˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːbˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈkɑːbˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːbˠanˠ/, /ˈkaːbˠaːn̪ˠ/

Noun

cábán m (genitive singular cábáin, nominative plural cábáin)

1. cabin

Declension

Declension of cábán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cábán cábáin Vocative a chábáin a chábána Genitive cábáin cábán Dative cábán cábáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cábán na cábáin Genitive an chábáin na gcábán Dative leis an gcábán don chábán leis na cábáin

Descendants

• → Yola: caubaun

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cábán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN