caidreamhach
Irish
Adjective
caidreamhach (genitive singular masculine caidreamhaigh, genitive singular feminine caidreamhaí, plural caidreamhacha, comparative caidreamhaí)
- intimate, sociable, companionable
- Synonym: cuideachtúil
- tame
Declension
Declension of caidreamhach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | caidreamhach | chaidreamhach | caidreamhacha; chaidreamhacha² | |
Vocative | chaidreamhaigh | caidreamhacha | ||
Genitive | caidreamhaí | caidreamhacha | caidreamhach | |
Dative | caidreamhach; chaidreamhach¹ |
chaidreamhach; chaidreamhaigh (archaic) |
caidreamhacha; chaidreamhacha² | |
Comparative | níos caidreamhaí | |||
Superlative | is caidreamhaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- caidreamhacht f (“sociability”)
Noun
caidreamhach m (genitive singular caidreamhaigh, nominative plural caidreamhaigh)
Declension
Declension of caidreamhach
First declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
caidreamhach | chaidreamhach | gcaidreamhach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From caidreabh (“fellowship, partnership, companionship”) + -ach (adjectival suffix) (compare Old Irish caidrebach).
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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