cluich

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cluichigidir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klˠɪç/

Verb

cluich (present analytic cluicheann, future analytic cluichfidh, verbal noun cluicheadh, past participle cluichte)

1. chase
2. turn, round up
3. harass
4. shoal

Conjugation

Conjugation of cluich (first conjugation – A)

indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	cluichim	cluicheann tú; cluichir†	cluicheann sé, sí	cluichimid; cluicheann muid	cluicheann sibh	cluicheann siad; cluichid†	a chluicheann; a chluicheas	cluichtear
past	chluich mé; chluicheas	chluich tú; chluichis	chluich sé, sí	chluicheamar; chluich muid	chluich sibh; chluicheabhair	chluich siad; chluicheadar	a chluich	cluicheadh
past habitual	chluichinn / cluichinn‡	chluichteá / cluichteá‡	chluicheadh sé, sí / cluicheadh sé, sí‡	chluichimis; chluicheadh muid / cluichimis‡; cluicheadh muid‡	chluicheadh sibh / cluicheadh sibh‡	chluichidís; chluicheadh siad / cluichidís‡; cluicheadh siad‡	a chluicheadh	chluichtí / cluichtí‡
	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cluichfidh mé; cluichfead	cluichfidh tú; cluichfir†	cluichfidh sé, sí	cluichfimid; cluichfidh muid	cluichfidh sibh	cluichfidh siad; cluichfid†	a chluichfidh; a chluichfeas	cluichfear
conditional	chluichfinn / cluichfinn‡	chluichfeá / cluichfeá‡	chluichfeadh sé, sí / cluichfeadh sé, sí‡	chluichfimis; chluichfeadh muid / cluichfimis‡; cluichfeadh muid‡	chluichfeadh sibh / cluichfeadh sibh‡	chluichfidís; chluichfeadh siad / cluichfidís‡; cluichfeadh siad‡	a chluichfeadh	chluichfí / cluichfí‡
subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	go gcluiche mé; go gcluichead†	go gcluiche tú; go gcluichir†	go gcluiche sé, sí	go gcluichimid; go gcluiche muid	go gcluiche sibh	go gcluiche siad; go gcluichid†	—	go gcluichtear
past	dá gcluichinn	dá gcluichteá	dá gcluicheadh sé, sí	dá gcluichimis; dá gcluicheadh muid	dá gcluicheadh sibh	dá gcluichidís; dá gcluicheadh siad	—	dá gcluichtí
imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
—	cluichim	cluich	cluicheadh sé, sí	cluichimis	cluichigí; cluichidh†	cluichidís	—	cluichtear
past participle	cluichte
verbal noun	cluicheadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of cluich

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cluich	chluich	gcluich

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

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• cluichd (verbal noun form in Uist and Barra)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰl̪ˠuç/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cluiche.

Noun

cluich m (genitive singular cluiche, plural cluichean or cluicheachan or cluicheannan)

1. play, game, pastime, sport
2. pun, play on words

   Rinn e cluich air an fhacal "aotrom"

   He made a pun on the word "light"

3. funeral games, funeral rites, solemnities
4. battle
5. (school) vacation
6. flirting
7. gaming
8. (theater) performance
9. verbal noun of cluich

Derived terms

• cainnt-chluich
• cairt-chluiche
• cluicheadair
• dealbh-chluich
• taigh-cluiche
• talla-cluiche

Etymology 2

From Old Irish cluichigidir.

Verb

cluich (past chluich, future cluichidh, verbal noun cluich, past participle cluichte)

1. play

   Chluich Seumas leis a' chlaidheamh. ― James played with the sword.

Conjugation

Conjugation of cluich (regular)

stem		cluich
verbal noun		cluich
past participle		cluichte
		independent		dependent
		active	passive	active	passive
past		chluich	chluicheadh	chluich	chluicheadh
future		cluichidh	cluichear cluichtear	cluich	cluichear cluichtear
conditional	1st singular	chluichinn	chluichteadh chluichist1 chluichiste1	chluichinn	chluichteadh chluichist1 chluichiste1
	1st plural	chluicheamaid chluicheadh sinn		chluicheamaid chluicheadh sinn
	2nd & 3rd	chluicheadh		chluicheadh
relative future		chluicheas	chluichear
imperative	1st singular	cluicheam	cluichear cluichtear
	2nd singular	cluich
	3rd singular	cluicheadh
	1st plural	cluicheamaid
	2nd plural	cluichibh
	3rd plural	cluicheadh

¹ Lewis dialect form

Combined conjugation of cluich (regular)

stem		cluich
verbal noun		cluich
past participle		cluichte
		singular			plural			impersonal
		first	second	third m/f	first	second	third
independent	past	chluich mi	chluich thu	chluich e/i	chluich sinn	chluich sibh	chluich iad	chluicheadh
	future	cluichidh mi	cluichidh tu	cluichidh e/i	cluichidh sinn	cluichidh sibh	cluichidh iad	cluichear cluichtear
	conditional	chluichinn	chluicheadh tu	chluicheadh e/i	chluicheamaid chluicheadh sinn	chluicheadh sibh	chluicheadh iad	chluichteadh chluichist1 chluichiste1
negative	past	cha do chluich mi	cha do chluich thu	cha do chluich e/i	cha do chluich sinn	cha do chluich sibh	cha do chluich iad	cha do chluicheadh
	future	cha chluich mi	cha chluich thu	cha chluich e/i	cha chluich sinn	cha chluich sibh	cha chluich iad	cha chluichear cha chluichtear
	conditional	cha chluichinn	cha chluicheadh tu	cha chluicheadh e/i	cha chluicheamaid cha chluicheadh sinn	cha chluicheadh sibh	cha chluicheadh iad	cha chluichteadh cha chluichist1 cha chluichiste1
affirmative interrogative	past	an do chluich mi?	an do chluich thu?	an do chluich e/i?	an do chluich sinn?	an do chluich sibh?	an do chluich iad?	an do chluicheadh?
	future	an cluich mi?	an cluich thu?	an cluich e/i?	an cluich sinn?	an cluich sibh?	an cluich iad?	an cluichear? an cluichtear?
	conditional	an cluichinn?	an cluicheadh tu?	an cluicheadh e/i?	an cluicheamaid? an cluicheadh sinn?	an cluicheadh sibh?	an cluicheadh iad?	an cluichteadh? an cluichist?1 an cluichiste?1
negative interrogative	past	nach do chluich mi?	nach do chluich thu?	nach do chluich e/i?	nach do chluich sinn?	nach do chluich sibh?	nach do chluich iad?	nach do chluicheadh?
	future	nach cluich mi?	nach cluich thu?	nach cluich e/i?	nach cluich sinn?	nach cluich sibh?	nach cluich iad?	nach cluichear? nach cluichtear?
	conditional	nach cluichinn?	nach cluicheadh tu?	nach cluicheadh e/i?	nach cluicheamaid? nach cluicheadh sinn?	nach cluicheadh sibh?	nach cluicheadh iad?	nach cluichteadh? nach cluichist?1 nach cluichiste?1
relative future	affirmative	(ma) chluicheas mi	(ma) chluicheas thu	(ma) chluicheas e/i	(ma) chluicheas sinn	(ma) chluicheas sibh	(ma) chluicheas iad	(ma) chluichear
	negative	(mur) cluich mi	(mur) cluich thu	(mur) cluich e/i	(mur) cluich sinn	(mur) cluich sibh	(mur) cluich iad	(mur) cluichear (mur) cluichtear
imperative		cluicheam	cluich	cluicheadh e/i	cluicheamaid	cluichibh	cluicheadh iad	cluichear cluichtear

¹ Lewis dialect form

Alternative verbal noun: cluiche

Mutation

Mutation of cluich

radical	lenition
cluich	chluich

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

Further reading

• John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎^[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh