Old Irish

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Etymology

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cairde +‎ -as

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cairdes m (genitive cairdesa)

  1. friendship
  2. love, cohabitation
  3. alliance, covenant, pact
  4. consanguinity, kinship

Inflection

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Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cairdes
Vocative cairdes
Accusative cairdesN
Genitive cairdesoH, cairdesaH
Dative cairdesL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

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  • (alliance, pact, friendship): commann

Descendants

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  • Irish: cairdeas
  • Manx: caarjys
  • Scottish Gaelic: càirdeas

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cairdes chairdes cairdes
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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cairdes

  1. inflection of cair:
    1. second-person plural future subjunctive
    2. second-person plural personal infinitive