cairde

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːɾˠdʲə/}
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːɾˠdʲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cairde (“pact, convenant, peace”), a special use of cara (“friendship”), related to Etymology 2 below.

Noun

cairde m (genitive singular cairde)

1. respite

   Synonym: spás

   gan chairde ― without respite

2. (business) credit

   Synonym: creidmheas

   ar cairde ― on credit

3. delay

   Synonym: moill

Declension

Declension of cairde (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cairde vocative a chairde genitive cairde dative cairde forms with the definite article case singular nominative an cairde genitive an chairde dative leis an gcairde don chairde

Derived terms

• cairdeach

Etymology 2

Compare Manx caarjyn, Scottish Gaelic càirdean.

Alternative forms

• cáirde (dated)

Noun

cairde m pl

1. plural of cara

Mutation

Mutated forms of cairde

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cairde	chairde	gcairde

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

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkar͈ʲdʲə/

Noun

cairde

1. nominative/vocative/accusative/genitive plural of cara

Mutation

Mutation of cairde

radical	lenition	nasalization
cairde	chairde	cairde pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Old Irish

Etymology

From carae ‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkar͈ʲdʲe]

Noun

cairde f (genitive cairdi, nominative plural cairdi)

1. covenant
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 91^c1

     No scrútain-se, in tan no mbíinn isnaib fochaidib, dús in retarscar cairde ṅDǽ ⁊ a remcaissiu, ⁊ ní tucus-sa insin, in ru·etarscar fa naic.

     I used to consider, when I was in the tribulations, [to see] whether the covenant of God and his providence had departed, and I didn't understand that, whether it had departed or not.

Declension

Feminine iā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cairdeL	cairdiL	cairdi
Vocative	cairdeL	cairdiL	cairdi
Accusative	cairdiN	cairdiL	cairdi
Genitive	cairde	cairdeL	cairdeN
Dative	cairdiL	cairdib	cairdib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: cairde

Mutation

Mutation of cairde

radical	lenition	nasalization
cairde	chairde	cairde pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cairde”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language