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caidreamhach
caidreamhach
Irish
Adjective
caidreamhach (genitive singular masculine caidreamhaigh, genitive singular feminine caidreamhaí, plural caidreamhacha, comparative caidreamhaí)
Declension
Declension of caidreamhach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | caidreamhach | caidreamhach¹ | caidreamhacha³ | |
| Vocative | caidreamhaigh¹ | caidreamhach¹ | caidreamhacha | |
| Genitive | caidreamhaigh¹ | caidreamhaí (obsolete) caidreamhaighe |
caidreamhacha | caidreamhach |
| Dative | caidreamhach² | caidreamhach¹ (archaic) caidreamhaigh¹ |
caidreamhacha³ | |
| Comparative | caidreamhaí (obsolete) caidreamhaighe |
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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.
Related terms
- caidreamhacht f (“sociability”)
Noun
caidreamhach m (genitive singular caidreamhaigh, nominative plural caidreamhaigh)
Declension
Declension of caidreamhach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| caidreamhach | chaidreamhach | gcaidreamhach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "caidreamhach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From caidreabh (“fellowship, partnership, companionship”) + -ach (adjectival suffix) (compare Old Irish caidrebach).
Adjective
caidreamhach
Synonyms
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