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cab.

mouth

3 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/kɑbˠ//kabˠ/[kaːb]Cois-Fharraige

  1. mouth toothless mouth

    masculine

  2. mouth muzzle, maw

    masculine

  3. gob, trap

    derogatory · masculine
    Dún do chab!

  4. lip

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish cab, borrowed from a conflation of two Middle English words, gabben (“to talk at length”) and gap (“gap, chasm”).

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