caidreach
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Irish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]caidreach (genitive singular masculine caidrigh, genitive singular feminine caidrí, plural caidreacha, comparative caidrí)
- Alternative form of caidreamhach (“intimate, sociable; tame”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of caidreach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | caidreach | chaidreach | caidreacha; chaidreacha² | |
Vocative | chaidrigh | caidreacha | ||
Genitive | caidrí | caidreacha | caidreach | |
Dative | caidreach; chaidreach¹ |
chaidreach; chaidrigh (archaic) |
caidreacha; chaidreacha² | |
Comparative | níos caidrí | |||
Superlative | is caidrí |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
caidreach | chaidreach | gcaidreach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caidreach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]caidreach (comparative caidriche)
- affectionate
- Antonyms: dlùth-chaidreach, mì-chaidreach
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]caidreach m (genitive singular caidrich, plural caidrich)
Alternative forms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
caidreach | chaidreach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |