caildéara

Irish

Etymology

From Spanish caldera (“cauldron”), from Late Latin caldāria (“warm bath”), from Latin caldārium.

Noun

caildéara m (genitive singular caildéara, nominative plural caildéaraí)

  1. (volcanology) caldera

Declension

Declension of caildéara (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative caildéara caildéaraí
vocative a chaildéara a chaildéaraí
genitive caildéara caildéaraí
dative caildéara caildéaraí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an caildéara na caildéaraí
genitive an chaildéara na gcaildéaraí
dative leis an gcaildéara
don chaildéara 		leis na caildéaraí

Mutation

Mutated forms of caildéara
radical lenition eclipsis
caildéara chaildéara gcaildéara

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

References

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caildéara”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “caldera”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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