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 firbig, strong man
    cleithire capaillbig, strong horse
    cleithire maidestrong, stout stick

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cleithire chleithire gcleithire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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