cleasaí

Irish

Etymology

cleas +‎ -aí

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /clʲaˈsˠiː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲasˠiː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲasˠi/

Noun

cleasaí m (genitive singular cleasaí, nominative plural cleasaithe)

1. A playful person or animal.
2. trickster, crafty person

   B'fhéidir go gcuimhneoidh daoine áirithe air mar fhear seoigh, rógaire nó cleasaí.

   Possibly certain people will remember him as a showman, rogue, or trickster.

3. juggler, acrobat
4. joker (playing card)

Declension

Declension of cleasaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cleasaí cleasaithe Vocative a chleasaí a chleasaithe Genitive cleasaí cleasaithe Dative cleasaí cleasaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cleasaí na cleasaithe Genitive an chleasaí na gcleasaithe Dative leis an gcleasaí don chleasaí leis na cleasaithe

Derived terms

• lúthchleasaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cleasaí	chleasaí	gcleasaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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