cleacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish clechtaid.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to perform habitually, be, become accustomed to
  2. to practice

Conjugation

conjugation of cleacht (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun cleachtadh
past participle cleachta
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present cleachtaim cleachtann tú;
cleachtair† 		cleachtann sé, sí cleachtaimid cleachtann sibh cleachtann siad;
cleachtaid† 		a chleachtann; a chleachtas /
a gcleachtann* 		cleachtar
past chleacht mé; chleachtas chleacht tú; chleachtais chleacht sé, sí chleachtamar; chleacht muid chleacht sibh; chleachtabhair chleacht siad; chleachtadar a chleacht /
ar chleacht* 		cleachtadh
past habitual chleachtainn / gcleachtainn‡‡ chleachtá / gcleachtᇇ chleachtadh sé, sí / gcleachtadh sé, s퇇 chleachtaimis; chleachtadh muid / gcleachtaimis‡‡; gcleachtadh muid‡‡ chleachtadh sibh / gcleachtadh sibh‡‡ chleachtaidís; chleachtadh siad / gcleachtaidís‡‡; gcleachtadh siad‡‡ a chleachtadh /
a gcleachtadh* 		chleachtaí / gcleachta퇇
future cleachtfaidh mé;
cleachtfad 		cleachtfaidh tú;
cleachtfair† 		cleachtfaidh sé, sí cleachtfaimid;
cleachtfaidh muid 		cleachtfaidh sibh cleachtfaidh siad;
cleachtfaid† 		a chleachtfaidh; a chleachtfas /
a gcleachtfaidh* 		cleachtfar
conditional chleachtfainn / gcleachtfainn‡‡ chleachtfá / gcleachtfᇇ chleachtfadh sé, sí / gcleachtfadh sé, s퇇 chleachtfaimis; chleachtfadh muid / gcleachtfaimis‡‡; gcleachtfadh muid‡‡ chleachtfadh sibh / gcleachtfadh sibh‡‡ chleachtfaidís; chleachtfadh siad / gcleachtfaidís‡‡; gcleachtfadh siad‡‡ a chleachtfadh /
a gcleachtfadh* 		chleachtfaí / gcleachtfa퇇
subjunctive
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
– cleachtaim cleacht cleachtadh sé, sí cleachtaimis cleachtaigí;
cleachtaidh† 		cleachtaidís — cleachtar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

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.

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