cléirech

Old Irish

Etymology

From Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós), assimilated to the sufix -ach.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkʲlʲeːrʲex]

Noun

cléirech m (genitive cléirig, nominative plural cléirig)

cleric
religious (member of a religious order)
scholar

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cléirech	cléirech^L	cléirig^L
vocative	cléirig	cléirech^L	cléirchiu^H
accusative	cléirech^N	cléirech^L	cléirchiu^H
genitive	cléirig^L	cléirech	cléirech^N
dative	cléirech^L	cléirchib	cléirchib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

cléirchecht

Descendants

Irish: cléireach
Manx: cleragh
Scottish Gaelic: clèireach
⇒ Middle Irish: cléirchén
⇒ Middle Irish: cléirchide

Mutation

Mutation of *cléirech*
radical	lenition	nasalization
cléirech	chléirech	cléirech pronounced with /ɡʲ-/

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cléirech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language