caidreach

Irish

Adjective

caidreach (genitive singular masculine caidrigh, genitive singular feminine caidrí, plural caidreacha, comparative caidrí)

1. Alternative form of caidreamhach (“intimate, sociable; tame”)

Declension

Declension of caidreach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	caidreach	chaidreach	caidreacha; chaidreacha2
vocative	chaidrigh		caidreacha
genitive		caidrí	caidreacha	caidreach
dative	caidreach; chaidreach1	chaidreach; chaidrigh (archaic)	caidreacha; chaidreacha2
Comparative	níos caidrí
Superlative	is caidrí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of caidreach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
caidreach	chaidreach	gcaidreach

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caidreach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From caidir +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰatʲɾʲəx/

Adjective

caidreach (comparative caidriche)

1. affectionate

   Antonyms: dlùth-chaidreach, mì-chaidreach

Alternative forms

• caidearach

Derived terms

• caidreachas

Noun

caidreach m (genitive singular caidrich, plural caidrich)

1. partner, spouse

Alternative forms

• caidreamhach

Related terms

• caidreamh

Mutation

Mutation of caidreach

radical	lenition
caidreach	chaidreach

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “caidreach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN