cairdín

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English accordion, modified to contain the suffix -ín.

Noun

cairdín m (genitive singular cairdín, nominative plural cairdíní)

1. (music) accordion

   Synonym: acordán

Declension

Declension of cairdín (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cairdín cairdíní vocative a chairdín a chairdíní genitive cairdín cairdíní dative cairdín cairdíní forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an cairdín na cairdíní genitive an chairdín na gcairdíní dative leis an gcairdín don chairdín leis na cairdíní

Derived terms

• cairdín pianó m, pianóchairdín m (“piano accordion”)
• cairdíneoir m (“accordionist”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cairdín

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cairdín	chairdín	gcairdín

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cairdín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “cairdín”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cairdín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026