cabhail

Irish

Noun

cabhail f (genitive singular cabhlach, nominative plural cabhlacha)

  1. body
    1. (anatomy, of person, animal) trunk, torso
    2. (of structure, vehicle, etc.) main part, frame
    3. (of ship, etc.) hull
    4. (of garment) body, bodice

Declension

Derived terms

  • cabhlach (“big-bodied”, adjective)
  • cóta cabhlach (“skirt and bodice; frock”)
  • gearrchabhlach (“short-bodied”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cabhail chabhail gcabhail
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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