cadás

From Middle English cadas (“cotton wool, padding”), from Old French cadaz. Further history obscure.

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊdˠɑsˠ/

cadás m (genitive singular cadáis, nominative plural cadáis)

1. cotton

   Synonym: cotún

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cadás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cadas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language