gadaí

See also: gadai

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish gataige (“thief”), from gait (“taking away, theft”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

gadaí m (genitive singular gadaí, nominative plural gadaithe)

  1. thief

Declension

Declension of gadaí (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gadaí gadaithe
vocative a ghadaí a ghadaithe
genitive gadaí gadaithe
dative gadaí gadaithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gadaí na gadaithe
genitive an ghadaí na ngadaithe
dative leis an ngadaí
don ghadaí 		leis na gadaithe

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gadaí
radical lenition eclipsis
gadaí ghadaí ngadaí

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gataige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 138, page 71
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 120

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