cardáil

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Irish

Etymology

From carda (“card (hand-held tool for preparing materials for spinning”) +‎ -áil.

Pronunciation

Verb

cardáil (present analytic cardálann, future analytic cardálfaidh, verbal noun cardáil, past participle cardáilte)

  1. to card (use carding device)

Conjugation

conjugation of cardáil (first conjugation – B)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present cardálaim cardálann tú;
cardálair† 		cardálann sé, sí cardálaimid cardálann sibh cardálann siad;
cardálaid† 		a chardálann; a chardálas /
a gcardálann* 		cardáiltear
past chardáil mé; chardálas chardáil tú; chardálais chardáil sé, sí chardálamar; chardáil muid chardáil sibh; chardálabhair chardáil siad; chardáladar a chardáil /
ar chardáil* 		cardáladh
past habitual chardálainn / gcardálainn‡‡ chardáilteá / gcardáilteᇇ chardáladh sé, sí / gcardáladh sé, s퇇 chardálaimis; chardáladh muid / gcardálaimis‡‡; gcardáladh muid‡‡ chardáladh sibh / gcardáladh sibh‡‡ chardálaidís; chardáladh siad / gcardálaidís‡‡; gcardáladh siad‡‡ a chardáladh /
a gcardáladh* 		chardáiltí / gcardáilt퇇
future cardálfaidh mé;
cardálfad 		cardálfaidh tú;
cardálfair† 		cardálfaidh sé, sí cardálfaimid;
cardálfaidh muid 		cardálfaidh sibh cardálfaidh siad;
cardálfaid† 		a chardálfaidh; a chardálfas /
a gcardálfaidh* 		cardálfar
conditional chardálfainn / gcardálfainn‡‡ chardálfá / gcardálfᇇ chardálfadh sé, sí / gcardálfadh sé, s퇇 chardálfaimis; chardálfadh muid / gcardálfaimis‡‡; gcardálfadh muid‡‡ chardálfadh sibh / gcardálfadh sibh‡‡ chardálfaidís; chardálfadh siad / gcardálfaidís‡‡; gcardálfadh siad‡‡ a chardálfadh /
a gcardálfadh* 		chardálfaí / gcardálfa퇇
subjunctive present go gcardála mé;
go gcardálad† 		go gcardála tú;
go gcardálair† 		go gcardála sé, sí go gcardálaimid;
go gcardála muid 		go gcardála sibh go gcardála siad;
go gcardálaid† 		— go gcardáiltear
past dá gcardálainn dá gcardáilteá dá gcardáladh sé, sí dá gcardálaimis;
dá gcardáladh muid 		dá gcardáladh sibh dá gcardálaidís;
dá gcardáladh siad 		— dá gcardáiltí
imperative cardálaim cardáil cardáladh sé, sí cardálaimis cardálaigí;
cardálaidh† 		cardálaidís — cardáiltear
verbal noun cardáil
past participle cardáilte

*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Noun

cardáil f (genitive singular cardála, nominative plural)

  1. verbal noun of cardáil

Declension

Declension of cardáil (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative cardáil
vocative a chardáil
genitive cardála
dative cardáil
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an chardáil
genitive na cardála
dative leis an gcardáil
don chardáil

Mutation

Mutated forms of cardáil
radical lenition eclipsis
cardáil chardáil gcardáil

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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