cairdiúil
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- caradamhail, cairdeamhuil, cáirdeamhuil (obsolete)
- cairdeamhail, cáirdeamhail (superseded)
- caradúil (dialectal)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish cairdemail. By surface analysis, cairde (“friends”) + -úil.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /kɑːɾˠˈdʲuːlʲ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːɾˠdʲuːlʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkæːɾˠdʲulʲ/
Adjective
[edit]cairdiúil (genitive singular masculine cairdiúil, genitive singular feminine cairdiúla, plural cairdiúla, comparative cairdiúla)
- friendly
- Synonyms: lách, muinteartha
Declension
[edit]Declension of cairdiúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | 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
[edit]- cairdiúlacht (“friendliness”)
- daonchairdiúil (“philanthropic”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cairdiúil | chairdiúil | gcairdiúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cairdemail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “cairdiúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cáirdeaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 107
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cairdiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN