cairdiúil

Irish

Alternative forms

  • caradamhail, cairdeamhuil, cáirdeamhuil (obsolete)
  • cairdeamhail, cáirdeamhail (superseded)
  • caradúil (dialectal)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish cairdemail.[2] By surface analysis, cairde (“friends”) +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kɑːɾˠˈdʲuːlʲ/
  • (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːɾˠdʲuːlʲ/, /ˈkaːɾˠdʲulʲ/

Adjective

cairdiúil (genitive singular masculine cairdiúil, genitive singular feminine cairdiúla, plural cairdiúla, comparative cairdiúla)

  1. friendly
    Synonyms: lách, muinteartha

Declension

Declension of cairdiúil
Positive singular plural
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

Mutation

Mutated forms of cairdiúil
radical lenition eclipsis
cairdiúil chairdiúil gcairdiúil

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

References

  1. ^ “cairdiúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cairdemail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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