cabhsair

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• casar

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) chabhsair	(na) cabhsairean
genitive	(a') cabhsair	(nan) cabhsairean
dative	(a') chabhsair	(na) cabhsairean
vocative	chabhsair	chabhsairean

Derived terms

• oir chabhsair

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.