cleacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish clechtaid.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /clʲaxt̪ˠ/
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /clʲæxt̪ˠ/

Verb

cleacht (present analytic cleachtann, future analytic cleachtfaidh, verbal noun cleachtadh, past participle cleachta)

to perform habitually, be, become accustomed to
to practice

Conjugation

Conjugation of *cleacht* (first conjugation – A)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	cleachtaim	cleachtann tú; cleachtair^†	cleachtann sé, sí	cleachtaimid; cleachtann muid	cleachtann sibh	cleachtann siad; cleachtaid^†	a chleachtann; a chleachtas	cleachtar
past	chleacht mé; chleachtas	chleacht tú; chleachtais	chleacht sé, sí	chleachtamar; chleacht muid	chleacht sibh; chleachtabhair	chleacht siad; chleachtadar	a chleacht	cleachtadh
past habitual	chleachtainn / cleachtainn^‡	chleachtá / cleachtá^‡	chleachtadh sé, sí / cleachtadh sé, sí^‡	chleachtaimis; chleachtadh muid / cleachtaimis^‡; cleachtadh muid^‡	chleachtadh sibh / cleachtadh sibh^‡	chleachtaidís; chleachtadh siad / cleachtaidís^‡; cleachtadh siad^‡	a chleachtadh	chleachtaí / cleachtaí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	cleachtfaidh mé; cleachtfad	cleachtfaidh tú; cleachtfair^†	cleachtfaidh sé, sí	cleachtfaimid; cleachtfaidh muid	cleachtfaidh sibh	cleachtfaidh siad; cleachtfaid^†	a chleachtfaidh; a chleachtfas	cleachtfar
conditional	chleachtfainn / cleachtfainn^‡	chleachtfá / cleachtfá^‡	chleachtfadh sé, sí / cleachtfadh sé, sí^‡	chleachtfaimis; chleachtfadh muid / cleachtfaimis^‡; cleachtfadh muid^‡	chleachtfadh sibh / cleachtfadh sibh^‡	chleachtfaidís; chleachtfadh siad / cleachtfaidís^‡; cleachtfadh siad^‡	a chleachtfadh	chleachtfaí / cleachtfaí^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go gcleachta mé; go gcleachtad^†	go gcleachta tú; go gcleachtair^†	go gcleachta sé, sí	go gcleachtaimid; go gcleachta muid	go gcleachta sibh	go gcleachta siad; go gcleachtaid^†	—	go gcleachtar
past	dá gcleachtainn	dá gcleachtá	dá gcleachtadh sé, sí	dá gcleachtaimis; dá gcleachtadh muid	dá gcleachtadh sibh	dá gcleachtaidís; dá gcleachtadh siad	—	dá gcleachtaí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	cleachtaim	cleacht	cleachtadh sé, sí	cleachtaimis	cleachtaigí; cleachtaidh^†	cleachtaidís	—	cleachtar

past participle	cleachta

verbal noun	cleachtadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of *cleacht*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
cleacht	chleacht	gcleacht

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