aclaí

Irish

Alternative forms

• aicillí

Etymology

From Old Irish aclaide (“gentle, kind”). Compare aclaigh (“limber, exercise; flex, soften”, transitive verb).

Adjective

aclaí

1. supple, limber, agile
2. smooth, flexible
3. adroit

Derived terms

• aclaíocht f (“suppleness, agility; exercise; adroitness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aclaí	n-aclaí	haclaí	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aclaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 aclaide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aclaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aclaí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024