caidreamhach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • caidreach, caidriúil, coidreach, coidreamhach, coidríoch, cuideartha
  • caidreamhail, caidreamhuil, caidridheach (superseded)[1]

Etymology

From Old Irish caidrebach.[2] By surface analysis, caidreamh (“intercourse, intimacy”) +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkɞdʲɪɾʲəx/[3] (corresponding to the from coidreach)

Adjective

caidreamhach (genitive singular masculine caidreamhaigh, genitive singular feminine caidreamhaí, plural caidreamhacha, comparative caidreamhaí)

  1. sociable, companionable
  2. (nominalized, masculine) sociable person, people person

Declension

Declension of caidreamhach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative caidreamhach chaidreamhach caidreamhacha;
chaidreamhacha2
vocative chaidreamhaigh caidreamhacha
genitive caidreamhaí caidreamhacha caidreamhach
dative caidreamhach;
chaidreamhach1 		chaidreamhach;
chaidreamhaigh (archaic) 		caidreamhacha;
chaidreamhacha2
Comparative níos caidreamhaí
Superlative is caidreamhaí

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

Substantivization:

Declension of caidreamhach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative caidreamhach caidreamhaigh
vocative a chaidreamhaigh a chaidreamhacha
genitive caidreamhaigh caidreamhach
dative caidreamhach caidreamhaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an caidreamhach na caidreamhaigh
genitive an chaidreamhaigh na gcaidreamhach
dative leis an gcaidreamhach
don chaidreamhach 		leis na caidreamhaigh

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of caidreamhach
radical lenition eclipsis
caidreamhach chaidreamhach gcaidreamhach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “caidreamhach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caidrebach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 261, page 133

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • caidreabhach

Etymology

From caidreabh (“fellowship, partnership, companionship”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix) (compare caidrebach).

Adjective

caidreamhach (comparative caidreamhaiche)

  1. friendly, companionable, social
  2. allied
  3. kind, affectionate

Noun

caidreamhach m (genitive singular caidreamhaich, plural caidreamhaich)

  1. friend, companion
  2. ally
  3. spouse, partner
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