cleite

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cleitte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈclʲetʲə/[1][2]

Noun

cleite m (genitive singular cleite, nominative plural cleití)

  1. feather

Declension

Declension of cleite (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cleite cleití
vocative a chleite a chleití
genitive cleite cleití
dative cleite cleití
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cleite na cleití
genitive an chleite na gcleití
dative leis an gcleite
don chleite 		leis na cleití

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cleite
radical lenition eclipsis
cleite chleite gcleite

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

References

  1. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000), Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, § 25 (a), page 33
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 174

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cleite”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 204; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cleite”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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