carabú

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 arcticus)

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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
carabú charabú gcarabú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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