cairdinéal

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

cairdinéal m (genitive singular cairdinéil, nominative plural cairdinéil)

  1. (Christianity) cardinal
  2. (literary) scarlet cloak

Declension

Declension of cairdinéal (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cairdinéal cairdinéil
vocative a chairdinéil a chairdinéala
genitive cairdinéil cairdinéal
dative cairdinéal cairdinéil
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cairdinéal na cairdinéil
genitive an chairdinéil na gcairdinéal
dative leis an gcairdinéal
don chairdinéal 		leis na cairdinéil

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • cairdinéalach, cairdinéalta (“cardinal”, adjective)
  • cairdinéalacht (“cardinalate”)
  • coláiste cairdinéal (“college of cardinals”)
  • hata cairdinéil (“cardinal's hat”)
  • lus an chairdinéil (“cardinal-flower”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cairdinéal
radical lenition eclipsis
cairdinéal chairdinéal gcairdinéal

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

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