gadaí

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gataige (“thief”), from gait f (“taking away, abstracting (something from a person); purloining, theft, robbery”).

Noun

gadaí m (genitive singular gadaí, nominative plural gadaithe)

1. thief

Declension

Declension of gadaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative gadaí gadaithe Vocative a ghadaí a ghadaithe Genitive gadaí gadaithe Dative gadaí gadaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an gadaí na gadaithe Genitive an ghadaí na ngadaithe Dative leis an ngadaí don ghadaí leis na gadaithe

Derived terms

• gadaí dreapadóireachta

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gadaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gataige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language