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caidreach
caidreach
Irish
Adjective
caidreach (genitive singular masculine caidrigh, genitive singular feminine caidrí, plural caidreacha, comparative caidrí)
- Alternative form of caidreamhach (“intimate, sociable; tame”)
Declension
Declension of caidreach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | caidreach | caidreach¹ | caidreacha³ | |
| Vocative | caidrigh¹ | caidreach¹ | caidreacha | |
| Genitive | caidrigh¹ | caidrí (obsolete) caidrighe |
caidreacha | caidreach |
| Dative | caidreach² | caidreach¹ (archaic) caidrigh¹ |
caidreacha³ | |
| Comparative | caidrí (obsolete) caidrighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible 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
- "caidreach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From caidir + -ach.
Adjective
caidreach
Alternative forms
- caidearach
Antonyms
Derived terms
- caidreachas
Noun
caidreach m
Alternative forms
Related terms
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9