TùsClosely resembles Welsh caib (“mattock”), but deriving the -b- in both Gaelic and Welsh from a common inherited source is difficult. Given that the Gaelic word is not found in Irish, it is possible to postulate that the Gaelic word is a borrowing from a Brittonic substrate language.
- masculinespade, mattock
- masculinethe iron part of a cas-chrom or of any delving instrument
- masculineblade of a spade or turf-cutter
Cruthancaibe(genitive, singular) · caibeannan(plural) · caibeachan(plural)
Stòr: Wiktionary