cairdinéalach

Irish

Etymology

From cairdinéal (“cardinal; scarlet cloak”) +‎ -ach.

Noun

cairdinéalach m (genitive singular cairdinéalaigh, nominative plural cairdinéalaigh)

  1. synonym of cairdinéal (“cardinal; scarlet cloak”)

Declension

Declension of cairdinéalach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cairdinéalach cairdinéalaigh
vocative a chairdinéalaigh a chairdinéalacha
genitive cairdinéalaigh cairdinéalach
dative cairdinéalach cairdinéalaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cairdinéalach na cairdinéalaigh
genitive an chairdinéalaigh na gcairdinéalach
dative leis an gcairdinéalach
don chairdinéalach 		leis na cairdinéalaigh

Adjective

cairdinéalach (genitive singular masculine cairdinéalaigh, genitive singular feminine cairdinéalaí, plural cairdinéalacha, comparative cairdinéalaí)

  1. cardinal

Declension

Declension of cairdinéalach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cairdinéalach chairdinéalach cairdinéalacha;
chairdinéalacha2
vocative chairdinéalaigh cairdinéalacha
genitive cairdinéalaí cairdinéalacha cairdinéalach
dative cairdinéalach;
chairdinéalach1 		chairdinéalach;
chairdinéalaigh (archaic) 		cairdinéalacha;
chairdinéalacha2
Comparative níos cairdinéalaí
Superlative is cairdinéalaí

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • éan cairdinéalach (“cardinal(-bird)”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cairdinéalach
radical lenition eclipsis
cairdinéalach chairdinéalach gcairdinéalach

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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