caildéara

Irish

Etymology

From Spanish caldera (“cauldron”), from Late Latin caldāria (“warm bath”), from Latin caldārium.

Noun

caildéara m (genitive singular caildéara, nominative plural caildéaraí)

1. (volcanology) caldera

Declension

Declension of caildéara

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative caildéara caildéaraí Vocative a chaildéara a chaildéaraí Genitive caildéara caildéaraí Dative caildéara caildéaraí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an caildéara na caildéaraí Genitive an chaildéara na gcaildéaraí Dative leis an gcaildéara don chaildéara leis na caildéaraí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caildéara	chaildéara	gcaildéara
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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