caidreach

Irish

Adjective

caidreach (genitive singular masculine caidrigh, genitive singular feminine caidrí, plural caidreacha, comparative caidrí)

  1. Alternative form of caidreamhach (“intimate, sociable; tame”)

Declension
Declension of caidreach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative caidreach chaidreach caidreacha;
chaidreacha²
Vocative chaidrigh caidreacha
Genitive caidrí caidreacha caidreach
Dative caidreach;
chaidreach¹		 chaidreach;
chaidrigh (archaic)		 caidreacha;
chaidreacha²
Comparative níos caidrí
Superlative is caidrí

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

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
caidreach chaidreach gcaidreach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From caidir +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʰatʲɾʲəx/

Adjective

caidreach (comparative caidriche)

  1. affectionate
    Antonyms: dlùth-chaidreach, mì-chaidreach

Alternative forms
  • caidearach

Derived terms
  • caidreachas

Noun

caidreach m (genitive singular caidrich, plural caidrich)

  1. partner, spouse

Alternative forms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
caidreachchaidreach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “caidreach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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