cluimhreach

Irish

Alternative forms

• claimhreach

Etymology

Apparently from clúmh (“down, feathers”), though the shortening of the vowel is unexplained.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈklˠɨ̞̃vʲɾʲa(x)/

Noun

cluimhreach f (genitive singular cluimhrí) or
cluimhreach m (genitive singular cluimhrigh)

1. plumage (collection of feathers covering a bird’s body), feathers

Declension

As a feminine second-declension noun:

Declension of cluimhreach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cluimhreach Vocative a chluimhreach Genitive cluimhrí Dative cluimhreach cluimhrigh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an chluimhreach Genitive na cluimhrí Dative leis an gcluimhreach leis an gcluimhrigh (archaic, dialectal) don chluimhreach don chluimhrigh (archaic, dialectal)

As a masculine first-declension noun:

Declension of cluimhreach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cluimhreach Vocative a chluimhrigh Genitive cluimhrigh Dative cluimhreach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an cluimhreach Genitive an chluimhrigh Dative leis an gcluimhreach don chluimhreach

Derived terms

• leaba chluimhrí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cluimhreach	chluimhreach	gcluimhreach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “cluimhreach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cluiṁreaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 153
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cluimhreach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39