cliathánach

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Irish

Etymology

From cliathán +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cliathánach (genitive singular masculine cliathánaigh, genitive singular feminine cliathánaí, plural cliathánacha, comparative cliathánaí)

  1. flanking
  2. lateral (of or pertaining to the side)
  3. sideways
  4. broadside

Declension

Declension of cliathánach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cliathánach chliathánach cliathánacha;
chliathánacha2
vocative chliathánaigh cliathánacha
genitive cliathánaí cliathánacha cliathánach
dative cliathánach;
chliathánach1
chliathánach;
chliathánaigh (archaic)
cliathánacha;
chliathánacha2
Comparative níos cliathánaí
Superlative is cliathánaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cliathánach
radical lenition eclipsis
cliathánach chliathánach gcliathánach

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46

Further reading

  • cliathánach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy