cabáiste

Irish

Alternative forms

  • gabáiste

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman caboche (head) (compare English cabbage), from Old French caboce.

Pronunciation

  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈɡʊbˠɑːʃtʲə/ (as if spelled gubáiste)

Noun

cabáiste m (genitive singular cabáiste, nominative plural cabáistí)

  1. cabbage

Declension

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Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cabáiste chabáiste gcabáiste
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • cabáiste” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “cabáiste” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "cabáiste" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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