aclaí

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish aclaide (“gentle, kind”).[1] Compare aclaigh (“limber, exercise; flex, soften”, transitive verb).

Pronunciation

Adjective

aclaí

  1. supple, limber, agile
  2. smooth, flexible
  3. adroit

Derived terms

  • aclaíocht f (“suppleness, agility; exercise; adroitness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aclaí
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aclaí n-aclaí haclaí not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 aclaide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 61, page 225; reprinted 1988
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 121, page 46
  4. ^ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979) Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 225

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