caidreamhacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• caidreamhas

Etymology

From caidreamh (“intercourse, intimacy”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

caidreamhacht f (genitive singular caidreamhachta)

1. sociability

   Synonyms: caidriúlacht, coimhirse, cuideachtúlacht, daonchaire, suáilceas, tíriúlacht

Declension

Declension of caidreamhacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative caidreamhacht vocative a chaidreamhacht genitive caidreamhachta dative caidreamhacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chaidreamhacht genitive na caidreamhachta dative leis an gcaidreamhacht don chaidreamhacht

Derived terms

• míchaidreamhacht f (“misanthropy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of caidreamhacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
caidreamhacht	chaidreamhacht	gcaidreamhacht

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caidreamhacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “caidreamhacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024