cadás

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See also: cadas and Čadas

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English cadas (cotton wool, padding), from Old French cadaz. Further history obscure.

Pronunciation

Noun

cadás m (genitive singular cadáis, nominative plural cadáis)

  1. cotton
    Synonym: cotún

Declension

Declension of cadás (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cadás cadáis
vocative a chadáis a chadása
genitive cadáis cadás
dative cadás cadáis
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cadás na cadáis
genitive an chadáis na gcadás
dative leis an gcadás
don chadás
leis na cadáis

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cadás
radical lenition eclipsis
cadás chadás gcadás

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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