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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish caidrem, from Old Irish coitreb (“fellowship, company, association”). By surface analysis, caidr(igh) + -amh.
Pronunciation
Noun
caidreamh m (genitive singular as substantive caidrimh, genitive as verbal noun caideartha)
- verbal noun of caidrigh
- intimacy, intercourse, relationship
- dialogue
- interaction, relation, relations
Declension
(substantive):
(verbal noun):
Synonyms
Derived terms
Mutation
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| caidreamh
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chaidreamh
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gcaidreamh
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caidreamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caidrem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coitreb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
caidreamh m (genitive singular caidreimh, no plural)
- Alternative form of caidreabh
Mutation
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Lenition
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| caidreamh |
chaidreamh
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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