cliste

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cliste (“ready, quick”), the past participle of clisid (“to perform feats; to leap, start”). Compare cluiche (“game, sport”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʲlʲiʃtʲə/

Adjective

cliste (genitive singular masculine cliste, genitive singular feminine cliste, plural cliste, not comparable)

1. clever

   Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste. (proverb)

   Better broken Irish than clever English.

Declension

Declension of cliste

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	cliste	chliste	cliste; chliste2
vocative	chliste		cliste
genitive		cliste	cliste	cliste
dative	cliste; chliste1	chliste	cliste; chliste2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Participle

cliste

1. past participle of clis

Noun

cliste m

1. genitive singular of cliseadh

Mutation

Mutated forms of cliste

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cliste	chliste	gcliste

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cliste”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 206; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cliste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN