cairdinéalach

Irish

Etymology

From cairdinéal (“cardinal; scarlet cloak”) +‎ -ach.

Noun

cairdinéalach m (genitive singular cairdinéalaigh, nominative plural cairdinéalaigh)

  1. Synonym of cairdinéal (“cardinal; scarlet cloak”)

Declension
Declension of cairdinéalach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cairdinéalach cairdinéalaigh
Vocative a chairdinéalaigh a chairdinéalacha
Genitive cairdinéalaigh cairdinéalach
Dative cairdinéalach cairdinéalaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cairdinéalach na cairdinéalaigh
Genitive an chairdinéalaigh na gcairdinéalach
Dative leis an gcairdinéalach

don chairdinéalach

 leis na cairdinéalaigh

Adjective

cairdinéalach (genitive singular masculine cairdinéalaigh, genitive singular feminine cairdinéalaí, plural cairdinéalacha, comparative cairdinéalaí)

  1. cardinal

Declension
Declension of cairdinéalach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative cairdinéalach chairdinéalach cairdinéalacha;
chairdinéalacha²
Vocative chairdinéalaigh cairdinéalacha
Genitive cairdinéalaí cairdinéalacha cairdinéalach
Dative cairdinéalach;
chairdinéalach¹		 chairdinéalach;
chairdinéalaigh (archaic)		 cairdinéalacha;
chairdinéalacha²
Comparative níos cairdinéalaí
Superlative is cairdinéalaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • éan cairdinéalach (“cardinal(-bird)”)

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

Further reading
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