"Cabhán" meaning in Irish

See Cabhán in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From cabhán (“hollow, cavity”), from Old Irish cobfán (“slope, hollow”). Etymology templates: {{der|ga|sga|cobfán||slope, hollow}} Old Irish cobfán (“slope, hollow”) Head templates: {{head|ga|proper noun|genitive|an Chabháin|||||||f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=An Cabhán|var=}} An Cabhán m (genitive an Chabháin), {{ga-proper noun|m|an Chabháin|head=An Cabhán}} An Cabhán m (genitive an Chabháin) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: An Cabhán [canonical, masculine], an Chabháin [genitive], declension-1 no-plural [table-tags], no-table-tags [table-tags], Cabhán [indefinite, nominative, singular], a Chabháin [indefinite, singular, vocative], Cabháin [genitive, indefinite, singular], Cabhán [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an Cabhán [definite, nominative, singular], an Chabháin [definite, genitive, singular], leis an gCabhán [dative, definite, singular], don Chabhán [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], Cabhán [error-unrecognized-form], Chabhán [lenition], gCabhán [eclipsis]
  1. Cavan (a county of Ireland) Categories (place): Counties of Ireland, Places in Ireland
    Sense id: en-Cabhán-ga-name-bRxh7I50 Categories (other): County Cavan, Ireland, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53
  2. Cavan (the county town of County Cavan, Ireland (Irish grid ref H 4104)) Categories (place): Places in County Cavan, Ireland, Places in Ireland, Towns in County Cavan, Ireland, Towns in Ireland Synonyms (county): Contae an Chabháin
    Sense id: en-Cabhán-ga-name-uZvTIwq~ Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 59 Disambiguation of 'county': 38 62

Inflected forms

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