cleithire

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cleathaire

Etymology

From cleith +‎ -ire

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈclʲɛhəɾʲə/

Noun

cleithire m (genitive singular cleithire, nominative plural cleithirí)

  1. a big, stout, strong person, animal or object (generally followed by the genitive of a word defining who or what is being described)
    cleithire fir ― big, strong man
    cleithire capaill ― big, strong horse
    cleithire maide ― strong, stout stick

Declension

Declension of cleithire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cleithire cleithirí
vocative a chleithire a chleithirí
genitive cleithire cleithirí
dative cleithire cleithirí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cleithire na cleithirí
genitive an chleithire na gcleithirí
dative leis an gcleithire
don chleithire 		leis na cleithirí

Mutation

Mutated forms of cleithire
radical lenition eclipsis
cleithire chleithire gcleithire

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

Further reading

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