clíoma

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma, “region, zone,” originally “slope”), from κλίνω (klínō, “I slope, incline”).

Noun

clíoma m (genitive singular clíoma, nominative plural clíomaí)

1. (weather) climate

Declension

Declension of clíoma

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative clíoma clíomaí Vocative a chlíoma a chlíomaí Genitive clíoma clíomaí Dative clíoma clíomaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an clíoma na clíomaí Genitive an chlíoma na gclíomaí Dative leis an gclíoma don chlíoma leis na clíomaí

Synonyms

• aer
• aeráid

Derived terms

• clíomach (“climatic”, adjective)
• clíomeolaíocht f (“climatology”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
clíoma	chlíoma	gclíoma
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clíoma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN