cairdinéal

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

cairdinéal m (genitive singular cairdinéil, nominative plural cairdinéil)

  1. (Christianity) cardinal
  2. (literary) scarlet cloak

Declension
Declension of cairdinéal

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cairdinéal cairdinéil
Vocative a chairdinéil a chairdinéala
Genitive cairdinéil cairdinéal
Dative cairdinéal cairdinéil

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cairdinéal na cairdinéil
Genitive an chairdinéil na gcairdinéal
Dative leis an gcairdinéal

don chairdinéal

 leis na cairdinéil

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • cairdinéalach, cairdinéalta (“cardinal”, adjective)
  • cairdinéalacht (“cardinalate”)
  • coláiste cairdinéal (“college of cardinals”)
  • hata cairdinéil (“cardinal's hat”)
  • lus an chairdinéil (“cardinal-flower”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cairdinéal chairdinéal gcairdinéal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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