gadaí

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gataige (“thief”), from gait f (“taking away, abstracting (something from a person); purloining, theft, robbery”).

Noun

gadaí m (genitive singular gadaí, nominative plural gadaithe)

  1. thief

Declension
Declension of gadaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gadaí gadaithe
Vocative a ghadaí a ghadaithe
Genitive gadaí gadaithe
Dative gadaí gadaithe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gadaí na gadaithe
Genitive an ghadaí na ngadaithe
Dative leis an ngadaí

don ghadaí

 leis na gadaithe

Derived terms

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

References
  • "gadaí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “gataige” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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