cairde

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːɾˠdʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːɾˠdʲə/

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1. respite

   Synonym: spás

   gan chairde

   without respite

2. (business) credit

   Synonym: creidmheas

   ar cairde

   on credit

3. delay

   Synonym: moill

• cairdeach

Compare Manx caarjyn, Scottish Gaelic càirdean.

• cáirde (dated)

cairde m pl

1. plural of cara

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• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cairde”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

cairde

1. nominative/vocative/accusative/genitive plural of cara

From carae +‎ -e.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkar͈ʲdʲe]

cairde f (genitive cairdi, nominative plural cairdi)

1. covenant
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 91^c1

     No scrútain-se, in tan no mbíinn isnaib fochaidib, dús in retarscar cairde ṅDǽ ⁊ a remcaissiu, ⁊ ní tucus-sa insin, in ru·etarscar fa naic.

     I used to consider, when I was in the tribulations, [to see] whether the covenant of God and his providence had departed, and I didn't understand that, whether it had departed or not.

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• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cairde”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language