cabhlach

Irish

Etymology 1

Noun

cabhlach m (genitive singular cabhlaigh, nominative plural cabhlaigh)

(military) fleet
(military) navy
(historical) naval tax

Etymology 2

cabhail (“body; trunk, torso”) +‎ -ach

Adjective

cabhlach (genitive singular masculine cabhlaigh, genitive singular feminine cabhlaí, plural cabhlacha, comparative cabhlaí)

big-bodied

Declension

Declension of cabhlach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	cabhlach	chabhlach	cabhlacha; chabhlacha²
Vocative	chabhlaigh	chabhlach	cabhlacha
Genitive	chabhlaigh	cabhlaí	cabhlacha	cabhlach
Dative	cabhlach; chabhlach¹	chabhlach; chabhlaigh (archaic)	cabhlacha; chabhlacha²
Comparative	níos cabhlaí
Superlative	is cabhlaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Etymology 3

Noun

cabhlach f

genitive singular of cabhail

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cabhlach	chabhlach	gcabhlach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"cabhlach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
"cabhail" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʰauɫ̪əx/

Noun

cabhlach m (genitive singular cabhlaich, plural cabhlaichean)

fleet
navy

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:cabhlach.

Derived terms

An Cabhlach Rìoghail

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