caidreach

Irish

Adjective

caidreach (genitive singular masculine caidrigh, genitive singular feminine caidrí, plural caidreacha, comparative caidrí)

1. Alternative form of caidreamhach (“intimate, sociable; tame”)

Declension

Declension of caidreach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
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

Irish mutation
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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caidreach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From caidir +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰatʲɾʲəx/

Adjective

caidreach (comparative caidriche)

1. affectionate

   Antonyms: dlùth-chaidreach, mì-chaidreach

Alternative forms

• caidearach

Derived terms

• caidreachas

Noun

caidreach m (genitive singular caidrich, plural caidrich)

1. partner, spouse

Alternative forms

• caidreamhach

Related terms

• caidreamh

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
caidreach	chaidreach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “caidreach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN