"Mac Cába" meaning in Irish

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Proper name

Forms: Mhic Cába [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Mac Cába [mutation, mutation-radical], Mhac Cába [lenition, mutation], - [eclipsis, mutation]
Etymology: Uncertain. Appears to mean “son of Cába”, but Cába is not an Irish given name. It could be from cába (“cape, hood”) used as a nickname or an alteration of Mac Aba (literally “son of the abbot”). Etymology templates: {{uncertain|ga}} Uncertain, {{m-g|son of Cába}} “son of Cába” Head templates: {{head|ga|proper noun|genitive|Mhic Cába|||||f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=Mac Cába}} Mac Cába m (genitive Mhic Cába), {{ga-proper noun|m|Mhic Cába|head=Mac Cába}} Mac Cába m (genitive Mhic Cába) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}}
  1. a male surname, feminine equivalent Nic Cába Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Irish male surnames
    Sense id: en-Mac_Cába-ga-name-5gxUSNHH Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish surnames

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      "form": "Mhac Cába",
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