cairdeach

See also: càirdeach

Irish

Alternative forms

cáirdeach (superseded)^[1]^[2]

Etymology

From Middle Irish cairdech.^[3] By surface analysis, cara ‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːrdʲəx/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːrdʲa(x)/

Adjective

cairdeach (genitive singular masculine cairdigh, genitive singular feminine cairdí, plural cairdeacha, comparative cairdí)

generous
friendly
Synonym: cairdiúil

Declension

Declension of *cairdeach*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	cairdeach	chairdeach	cairdeacha; chairdeacha²
vocative	chairdigh	chairdeach	cairdeacha
genitive	chairdigh	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

Mutated forms of *cairdeach*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
cairdeach	chairdeach	gcairdeach

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

References

^ “cairdeach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cáirdeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 107
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cairdech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language