Cabhán

Irish

Etymology

From cabhán (“hollow, cavity”), from Old Irish cobfán (“slope, hollow”).

Proper noun

An Cabhán m (genitive an Chabháin)

  1. Cavan (a county of Ireland)
  2. Cavan (the county town of County Cavan, Ireland)

Declension

Declension of Cabhán (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Cabhán
vocative a Chabháin
genitive Cabháin
dative Cabhán
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Cabhán
genitive an Chabháin
dative leis an gCabhán
don Chabhán

Synonyms

  • (county): Contae an Chabháin

Mutation

Mutated forms of Cabhán
radical lenition eclipsis
Cabhán Chabhán gCabhán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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