cairdinéal

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cairdinéal m (genitive singular cairdinéil, nominative plural cairdinéil)

1. (Christianity) cardinal
2. (literary) scarlet cloak

Declension

Declension of cairdinéal

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cairdinéal cairdinéil Vocative a chairdinéil a chairdinéala Genitive cairdinéil cairdinéal Dative cairdinéal cairdinéil

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cairdinéal na cairdinéil Genitive an chairdinéil na gcairdinéal Dative leis an gcairdinéal don chairdinéal leis na cairdinéil

Synonyms

• cairdinéalach

Derived terms

• cairdinéalach, cairdinéalta (“cardinal”, adjective)
• cairdinéalacht (“cardinalate”)
• coláiste cairdinéal (“college of cardinals”)
• hata cairdinéil (“cardinal's hat”)
• lus an chairdinéil (“cardinal-flower”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cairdinéal	chairdinéal	gcairdinéal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cairdinéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN