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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish clíath, from Proto-Celtic *klētā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”). Cognate with French claie and Welsh clwyd.
Pronunciation
Noun
cliath f (genitive singular cléithe, nominative plural cliatha)
- wattled, latticed frame; hurdle
- raft, stretcher; (penal) hurdle
- (military) phalanx
- crowd, shoal
- (music) staff, stave
- (knitting) (patch of) darning (on stocking)
- (anatomy, medicine) bodily frame, chest; chestiness, wheeze
Declension
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Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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cliath
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chliath
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gcliath
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish clíath, from Proto-Celtic *klētā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cliath f (genitive singular clèithe, plural cliathan)
- grating, grid, lattice
- harrow
- shoal (of fish)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Verb
cliath (past chliath, future cliathaidh, verbal noun cliathadh, past participle cliathte)
- harrow
- copulate (about birds)
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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cliath |
chliath
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cliath”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page cliath