cliath - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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From Middle Irish clíath, from Proto-Celtic *kleitā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”). Cognate with French claie and Welsh clwyd.
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
- Alternative plural: cléitheacha
- (raft, stretcher, penal hurdle): cliath iompair
- (music): cliath ceoil
- (knitting): cliath ar stoca
- (frame, chest, chestiness, wheeze): cliath uchta
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| cliath | chliath | gcliath |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 163, page 62
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cliaṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 148
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cliath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
From Middle Irish clíath, from Proto-Celtic *kleitā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”).
cliath f (genitive singular clèithe, plural cliathan)
- (shoal): sgaoth
- cliath-bhogsa (“crate”)
- cliath-theine (“fire grate”)
- cliath-uinneige (“lattice, window bars”)
- comharra-clèithe (“grid reference”)
- iùl-clèithe (“grid reference”)
cliath (past chliath, future cliathaidh, verbal noun cliathadh, past participle cliathte)
| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| cliath | chliath |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cliath”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page cliath