cairdinéalach

Irish

Etymology

From cairdinéal (“cardinal; scarlet cloak”) +‎ -ach.

Noun

cairdinéalach m (genitive singular cairdinéalaigh, nominative plural cairdinéalaigh)

1. Synonym of cairdinéal (“cardinal; scarlet cloak”)

Declension

Declension of cairdinéalach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cairdinéalach cairdinéalaigh Vocative a chairdinéalaigh a chairdinéalacha Genitive cairdinéalaigh cairdinéalach Dative cairdinéalach cairdinéalaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cairdinéalach na cairdinéalaigh Genitive an chairdinéalaigh na gcairdinéalach Dative leis an gcairdinéalach don chairdinéalach leis na cairdinéalaigh

Adjective

cairdinéalach (genitive singular masculine cairdinéalaigh, genitive singular feminine cairdinéalaí, plural cairdinéalacha, comparative cairdinéalaí)

1. cardinal

Declension

Declension of cairdinéalach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cairdinéalach	chairdinéalach	cairdinéalacha; chairdinéalacha²
Vocative	chairdinéalaigh		cairdinéalacha
Genitive		cairdinéalaí	cairdinéalacha	cairdinéalach
Dative	cairdinéalach; chairdinéalach¹	chairdinéalach; chairdinéalaigh (archaic)	cairdinéalacha; chairdinéalacha²
Comparative	níos cairdinéalaí
Superlative	is cairdinéalaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• cairdinéalta

Derived terms

• éan cairdinéalach (“cardinal(-bird)”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cairdinéalach	chairdinéalach	gcairdinéalach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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