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 Case Singular Plural Nominative cleithire cleithirí Vocative a chleithire a chleithirí Genitive cleithire cleithirí Dative cleithire cleithirí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cleithire na cleithirí Genitive an chleithire na gcleithirí Dative leis an gcleithire don chleithire leis na cleithirí

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

• “cleithire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clethaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cleaṫaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 147
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cleiṫire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 147
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cleithire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 72