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)

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

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