clis

Irish

Noun

clis m

1. vocative/genitive singular of cleas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
clis	chlis	gclis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Derived from cleas (“play, trick, feat”) or its source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰliʃ/

Adjective

clis (comparative clise)

1. (Argyll) quick, swift, agile, nimble, speedy, active

   cho clis ri dealanach ― as fast as lightning

   • (date unknown), Alasdair MacFhraing (words), Teàrlach MacAonghais (melody), Mo ghleannan Taobh Loch Lìobhann:

     Air an achadh bheag uain' chaidh lomadh le fàl
     Bidh na gillean le 'n camain a' strì ann
     'S chan eil buidheann an siorramachd mhòr Earra-Ghàidheal
     Tha cho clis ris na suinn taobh Loch Lìobhainn.

     On the little green field that was mown by a scythe
     The lads will be competing with their shinty sticks
     And there isn't a team in the great shire of Argyll
     That's as agile as the heroes by Loch Leven.

Derived terms

• Na Fir-chlis

References

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “clis”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN