caidreamhach

Irish

Etymology

From caidreamh (“intercourse, intimacy”) +‎ -ach (compare Old Irish caidrebach).

Adjective

caidreamhach (genitive singular masculine caidreamhaigh, genitive singular feminine caidreamhaí, plural caidreamhacha, comparative caidreamhaí)

intimate, sociable, companionable
tame

Declension

Declension of caidreamhach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	caidreamhach	chaidreamhach	caidreamhacha; chaidreamhacha²
Vocative	chaidreamhaigh	chaidreamhach	caidreamhacha
Genitive	chaidreamhaigh	caidreamhaí	caidreamhacha	caidreamhach
Dative	caidreamhach; chaidreamhach¹	chaidreamhach; chaidreamhaigh (archaic)	caidreamhacha; chaidreamhacha²
Comparative	níos caidreamhaí
Superlative	is caidreamhaí

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

Related terms

caidreamhacht f (“sociability”)

Noun

caidreamhach m (genitive singular caidreamhaigh, nominative plural caidreamhaigh)

intimate, companion
sociable person

Declension

Declension of caidreamhach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caidreamhach	caidreamhaigh
Vocative	a chaidreamhaigh	a chaidreamhacha
Genitive	caidreamhaigh	caidreamhach
Dative	caidreamhach	caidreamhaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an caidreamhach	na caidreamhaigh
Genitive	an chaidreamhaigh	na gcaidreamhach
Dative	leis an gcaidreamhach don chaidreamhach	leis na caidreamhaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caidreamhach	chaidreamhach	gcaidreamhach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"caidreamhach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From caidreabh (“fellowship, partnership, companionship”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix) (compare Old Irish caidrebach).

Adjective

caidreamhach

social

Synonyms

comannach
conaltrach
cuideachdail
sòisealta

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

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