càirdeas
See also: cairdeas
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish cairdes (“friendship, alliance, pact”).
Noun
càirdeas m (genitive singular càirdeis, plural càirdeasan)
- family relationship, kindred
- friendship, friendliness, rapport
- alliance
Derived terms
- dlùth-chairdeas
Related terms
- caraid
- càirdeach
- càirdeil
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| càirdeas | chàirdeas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “càirdeas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cairdes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language