caidreamhacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• caidreamhas

Etymology

From caidreamh (“intercourse, intimacy”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

caidreamhacht f (genitive singular caidreamhachta)

1. sociability

   Synonyms: caidriúlacht, coimhirse, cuideachtúlacht, daonchaire, suáilceas, tíriúlacht

Declension

Declension of caidreamhacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative caidreamhacht Vocative a chaidreamhacht Genitive caidreamhachta Dative caidreamhacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an chaidreamhacht Genitive na caidreamhachta Dative leis an gcaidreamhacht don chaidreamhacht

Derived terms

• míchaidreamhacht f (“misanthropy”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caidreamhacht	chaidreamhacht	gcaidreamhacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caidreamhacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “caidreamhacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024