cláirseach

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish *cláirsech.

Pronunciation

Noun

cláirseach f (genitive singular cláirsí, nominative plural cláirseacha)

  1. harp
  2. slater (crustacean)
    Synonym: míol críon

Declension

Declension of cláirseach (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cláirseach cláirseacha
vocative a chláirseach a chláirseacha
genitive cláirsí cláirseach
dative cláirseach
cláirsigh (archaic, dialectal)
cláirseacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chláirseach na cláirseacha
genitive na cláirsí na gcláirseach
dative leis an gcláirseach
leis an gcláirsigh (archaic, dialectal)
don chláirseach
don chláirsigh (archaic, dialectal)
leis na cláirseacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of cláirseach
radical lenition eclipsis
cláirseach chláirseach gcláirseach

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