cairdeach

See also: càirdeach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish cairdech.[3] By surface analysis, cara + -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cairdeach (genitive singular masculine cairdigh, genitive singular feminine cairdí, plural cairdeacha, comparative cairdí)

  1. generous
  2. friendly
    Synonym: cairdiúil

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cairdeach chairdeach gcairdeach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. cairdeach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cáirdeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 107
  3. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cairdech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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