cairdes

Old Irish

Etymology

cairde +‎ -as

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkarʲ.d̠ʲəs/
    • (Blasse) [ˈkarʲ.d̠ʲes]
    • (Griffith) [ˈkarʲ.d̠ʲəs]

Noun

cairdes m (genitive cairdesa)

  1. friendship
  2. love, cohabitation
  3. alliance, covenant, pact
  4. consanguinity, kinship

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative cairdes
vocative cairdes
accusative cairdesN
genitive cairdesoH, cairdesaH
dative cairdesL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Synonyms

  • (alliance, pact, friendship): commann

Descendants

  • Irish: cairdeas
  • Manx: caarjys
  • Scottish Gaelic: càirdeas

Mutation

Mutation of cairdes
radical lenition nasalization
cairdes chairdes cairdes
pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈiɾ.dɨʃ/ [kɐˈiɾ.ðɨʃ]

Verb

cairdes

  1. inflection of cair:
    1. second-person plural future subjunctive
    2. second-person plural personal infinitive