cardáil
Irish
Etymology
From carda (“card (hand-held tool for preparing materials for spinning”) + -áil.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /kɑːɾˠˈd̪ˠɑːlʲ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːɾˠd̪ˠɑːlʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkaːɾˠd̪ˠælʲ/
Verb
cardáil (present analytic cardálann, future analytic cardálfaidh, verbal noun cardáil, past participle cardáilte)
- to card (use carding device)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (B)
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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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*; a gcardálas* | 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*; a gcardálfas* | 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)
- verbal noun of cardáil
Declension
Declension of cardáil
Third declension
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
| Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cardáil | chardáil | gcardáil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “cardáil” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- “cardáil” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 118.
- "cardáil" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 33