cliste
Irish
Pronunciation
Adjective
cliste (genitive singular masculine cliste, genitive singular feminine cliste, plural cliste, not comparable)
- clever
- Proverb: is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste ― better broken Irish than clever English
Declension
Declension of briste
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | briste | bhriste | briste; bhriste² | |
| Vocative | bhriste | briste | ||
| Genitive | briste | briste | briste | |
| Dative | briste; bhriste¹ |
bhriste | briste; bhriste² | |
| 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.
Noun
cliste m
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cliste | chliste | gcliste |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||