canbhás

Irish

Etymology

From English canvas.

Noun

canbhás m (genitive singular canbháis)

1. canvas
2. (nautical) awning

Declension

Declension of canbhás

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative canbhás Vocative a chanbháis Genitive canbháis Dative canbhás

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an canbhás Genitive an chanbháis Dative leis an gcanbhás don chanbhás

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
canbhás	chanbhás	gcanbhás
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “canbhás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “canbhás” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “canbhás” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.