cairdiúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• caradamhail, cairdeamhuil, cáirdeamhuil (obsolete)
• cairdeamhail, cáirdeamhail (superseded)
• caradúil (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle Irish cairdemail. By surface analysis, cairde (“friends”) +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kɑːɾˠˈdʲuːlʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːɾˠdʲuːlʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkæːɾˠdʲulʲ/

Adjective

cairdiúil (genitive singular masculine cairdiúil, genitive singular feminine cairdiúla, plural cairdiúla, comparative cairdiúla)

1. friendly

   Synonyms: lách, muinteartha

Declension

Declension of cairdiúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cairdiúil	chairdiúil	cairdiúla; chairdiúla²
Vocative	chairdiúil		cairdiúla
Genitive		cairdiúla	cairdiúla	cairdiúil
Dative	cairdiúil; chairdiúil¹	chairdiúil	cairdiúla; chairdiúla²
Comparative	níos cairdiúla
Superlative	is cairdiúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• cairdiúlacht (“friendliness”)
• daonchairdiúil (“philanthropic”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cairdiúil	chairdiúil	gcairdiúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cairdemail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “cairdiúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cáirdeaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 107
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cairdiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN