caidreamhach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From caidreamh (“intercourse, intimacy”) + -ach (compare Old Irish caidrebach).
Adjective[edit]
caidreamhach (genitive singular masculine caidreamhaigh, genitive singular feminine caidreamhaí, plural caidreamhacha, comparative caidreamhaí)
- intimate, sociable, companionable
- Synonyms: comrádach, cuideachtúil
- tame
Declension[edit]
Declension of caidreamhach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | caidreamhach | chaidreamhach | caidreamhacha; chaidreamhacha² | |
Vocative | chaidreamhaigh | caidreamhacha | ||
Genitive | caidreamhaí | caidreamhacha | caidreamhach | |
Dative | caidreamhach; chaidreamhach¹ |
chaidreamhach; chaidreamhaigh (archaic) |
caidreamhacha; chaidreamhacha² | |
Comparative | níos caidreamhaí | |||
Superlative | is caidreamhaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms[edit]
- caidreamhacht f (“sociability”)
Noun[edit]
caidreamhach m (genitive singular caidreamhaigh, nominative plural caidreamhaigh)
Declension[edit]
Declension of caidreamhach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
caidreamhach | chaidreamhach | gcaidreamhach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caidreamhach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “caidrebach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “caidreamhach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “caidreamhach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From caidreabh (“fellowship, partnership, companionship”) + -ach (adjectival suffix) (compare caidrebach).
Adjective[edit]
caidreamhach (comparative caidreamhaiche)
Noun[edit]
caidreamhach m (genitive singular caidreamhaich, plural caidreamhaich)
Categories:
- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Irish nouns suffixed with -ach
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish first-declension nouns
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns