cairdiúil
Irish
Alternative forms
- caradamhail, cairdeamhuil, cáirdeamhuil (obsolete)
- cairdeamhail, cáirdeamhail (superseded)
- caradúil (dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle Irish cairdemail; synchronically analyzable as cairde (“friends”) + -úil
Pronunciation
Adjective
cairdiúil (genitive singular masculine cairdiúil, genitive singular feminine cáirdiúla, plural cáirdiúla, comparative cáirdiúla)
- friendly
- Synonyms: lách, muinteartha
Declension
Declension of cairdiúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cairdiúil | chairdiúil | cairdiúla; chairdiúla² | |
| Vocative | chairdiúil | cairdiúla | ||
| Genitive | cairdiúla | cairdiúla | cairdiúil | |
| Dative | cairdiúil; chairdiúil¹ |
chairdiúil | cairdiúla; chairdiúla² | |
| Comparative | níos cairdiúla | |||
| Superlative | is cairdiúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- cairdiúlacht (“friendliness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cairdiúil | chairdiúil | gcairdiúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “cairdemail” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “cairdiúil” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- “cáirdeaṁail” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 107.
- "cairdiúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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