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cáirdeach (superseded)^[1]^[2]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

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cairdeach	chairdeach	gcairdeach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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