cairdeach
See also: càirdeach
Irish
Alternative forms
- cáirdeach (superseded)
Etymology
From Middle Irish cairdech; surface analysis cara + -ach.
Adjective
cairdeach (genitive singular masculine cairdigh, genitive singular feminine cairdí, nominative plural cairdeacha, comparative cairdí)
Declension
Declension of cairdeach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cairdeach | chairdeach | cairdeacha; chairdeacha² | |
| Vocative | chairdigh | cairdeacha | ||
| Genitive | cairdí | cairdeacha | cairdeach | |
| Dative | cairdeach; chairdeach¹ |
chairdeach; chairdigh (archaic) |
cairdeacha; chairdeacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cairdí | |||
| Superlative | is cairdí | |||
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 |
| cairdeach | chairdeach | gcairdeach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “cairdeach” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- “1 cairdech”, in Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors, eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, 2019
- “cáirdeaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 107.
- "cairdeach" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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