cliabh

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish clíab,[1] from Proto-Celtic *klēbos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cliabh m (genitive singular cléibh, nominative plural cléibh)

  1. a basket, creel, pannier
  2. breast, bosom, chest, ribs
  3. wicker frame (as of a boat)

Declension

Declension of cliabh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cliabh cléibh
Vocative a chléibh a chliabha
Genitive cléibh cliabh
Dative cliabh cléibh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cliabh na cléibh
Genitive an chléibh na gcliabh
Dative leis an gcliabh

don chliabh

leis na cléibh

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cliabh chliabh gcliabh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clíab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 153, page 60

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish clíab, from Proto-Celtic *klēbos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cliabh m (genitive singular clèibh, plural clèibh)

  1. pannier
  2. creel
  3. chest, thorax
  4. stave (musical notation)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of cliabh
radical lenition
cliabh chliabh

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

References

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cliabh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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