cannabas

Irish

Etymology

From English cannabis, from Latin cannabis (“hemp”), from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis).

Noun

cannabas m (genitive singular cannabais)

1. cannabis

   Synonym: cnáib

Declension

Declension of cannabas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cannabas Vocative a channabais Genitive cannabais Dative cannabas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an cannabas Genitive an channabais Dative leis an gcannabas don channabas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cannabas	channabas	gcannabas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “cannabas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na.baːs/, [ˈkänːäbäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na.bas/, [ˈkänːäbäs]

Noun

cannabās

1. accusative plural of cannaba