From caidreamh (“intercourse, intimacy”) + -ach (compare Old Irish caidrebach).
caidreamhach (genitive singular masculine caidreamhaigh, genitive singular feminine caidreamhaí, plural caidreamhacha, comparative caidreamhaí)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | caidreamhach | chaidreamhach | caidreamhacha; chaidreamhacha² | |
| Vocative | chaidreamhaigh | caidreamhacha | ||
| Genitive | caidreamhaí | caidreamhacha | caidreamhach | |
| Dative | caidreamhach; chaidreamhach¹ |
chaidreamhach; chaidreamhaigh (archaic) |
caidreamhacha; chaidreamhacha² | |
| Comparative | níos caidreamhaí | |||
| Superlative | is caidreamhaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
caidreamhach m (genitive singular caidreamhaigh, nominative plural caidreamhaigh)
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| caidreamhach | chaidreamhach | gcaidreamhach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
From caidreabh (“fellowship, partnership, companionship”) + -ach (adjectival suffix) (compare caidrebach).
caidreamhach (comparative caidreamhaiche)
caidreamhach m (genitive singular caidreamhaich, plural caidreamhaich)