ceardaí

Irish

Etymology

From ceard (“craft, craftsman”) +‎ -aí.

Noun

ceardaí m (genitive singular ceardaí, nominative plural ceardaithe)

1. artisan, craftsman
2. artful person

Declension

Declension of ceardaí (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative ceardaí ceardaithe vocative a cheardaí a cheardaithe genitive ceardaí ceardaithe dative ceardaí ceardaithe forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an ceardaí na ceardaithe genitive an cheardaí na gceardaithe dative leis an gceardaí don cheardaí leis na ceardaithe

Derived terms

• ceardaíocht f (“craft; craftwork, craftsmanship”)
• ilcheardaí m (“factotum”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceardaí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceardaí	cheardaí	gceardaí

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

References

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