"cab" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See cab in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kʰap/ Forms: caib [genitive, singular], caban [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cab [mutation, mutation-radical], chab [lenition, mutation]
Etymology: From Middle Irish cab, borrowed from a conflation of two Middle English words, gabben (“to talk at length”) and gap (“gap, chasm”). Etymology templates: {{der|gd|mga|cab}} Middle Irish cab, {{der|gd|enm|-}} Middle English Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|caib|||||||||plural|caban||||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=p|f11accel-form=genpl|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=gen|s|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} cab m (genitive singular caib, plural caban), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=caib|pl=caban}} cab m (genitive singular caib, plural caban)
  1. mouth Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cab-gd-noun-TPNc-HQ1 Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cab",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chab",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "caib",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "19": "plural",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "caban",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "",
        "25": "",
        "26": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "27": "",
        "28": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
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        "f11accel-form": "genpl",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f2accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f4accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
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        "f7accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
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        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cab m (genitive singular caib, plural caban)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gen": "caib",
        "pl": "caban"
      },
      "expansion": "cab m (genitive singular caib, plural caban)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Pages with 7 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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              8,
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              10,
              15
            ]
          ],
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          "text": "Dùin do chab!",
          "translation": "Shut your mouth!",
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        }
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        [
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        ]
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰap/"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "2": "mga",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish cab",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cab",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "chab",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "caib",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
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        "2": "noun",
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        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "",
        "25": "",
        "26": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "27": "",
        "28": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
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        "f7accel-form": "gen|s",
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        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
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      },
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  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Pages with entries",
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        "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
        "Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns",
        "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Middle English",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Middle Irish",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples",
        "gd-noun 2"
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              8,
              12
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              15
            ]
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        }
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      ],
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        [
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        ]
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      "ipa": "/kʰap/"
    }
  ],
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}

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