caidreach
Irish
Adjective
caidreach (genitive singular masculine caidrigh, genitive singular feminine caidrí, plural caidreacha, comparative caidrí)
- 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. | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From caidir + -ach.
Alternative forms
- caidearach
Antonyms
Derived terms
- caidreachas
Alternative forms
Related terms
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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