cabhsair

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English causey +‎ -air, with the first element from Anglo-Norman caucee (“route, highway”), from Vulgar Latin *calciāta, from Latin calciō (“to stamp with the heels, tread”), from calx (“heel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰaus̪ɪɾʲ/

Noun

cabhsair m (genitive singular cabhsair, plural cabhsairean)

  1. causeway
  2. pavement

Declension

Declension of cabhsair (class IId masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative cabhsair cabhsairean
genitive cabhsair chabhsairean
dative cabhsair cabhsairean
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) cabhsair (na) cabhsairean
genitive (a') chabhsair (nan) cabhsairean
dative (a') chabhsair (na) cabhsairean
vocative chabhsair chabhsairean

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of cabhsair
radical lenition
cabhsair chabhsair

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

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