cairdeach
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See also: càirdeach
Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish cairdech.[3] By surface analysis, cara + -ach.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cairdeach (genitive singular masculine cairdigh, genitive singular feminine cairdí, plural cairdeacha, comparative cairdí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of cairdeach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cairdeach | chairdeach | cairdeacha; chairdeacha² | |
| Vocative | chairdigh | cairdeacha | ||
| Genitive | cairdí | cairdeacha | cairdeach | |
| Dative | cairdeach; chairdeach¹ |
chairdeach; chairdigh (archaic) |
cairdeacha; chairdeacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cairdí | |||
| Superlative | is cairdí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cairdeach | chairdeach | gcairdeach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ “cairdeach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cáirdeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 107
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cairdech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cairdeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN