ceardaí

Irish

Etymology

From ceard (“craft, craftsman”) +‎ -aí).

Noun

ceardaí m (genitive singular ceardaí, nominative plural ceardaithe)

1. artisan, craftsman
2. artful person

Declension

Declension of ceardaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ceardaí ceardaithe Vocative a cheardaí a cheardaithe Genitive ceardaí ceardaithe Dative ceardaí ceardaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ceardaí na ceardaithe Genitive an cheardaí na gceardaithe Dative leis an gceardaí don cheardaí leis na ceardaithe

Derived terms

• ceardaíocht f (“craft; craftwork, craftsmanship”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceardaí	cheardaí	gceardaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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