cluiche

Irish

Alternative forms

• cluife (Connacht)

Etymology

From Old Irish cluiche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklˠɪhə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈklˠɪçə/
• IPA^(key): /klˠiː/

Noun

cluiche m (genitive singular cluiche, nominative plural cluichí)

1. game; joke; playacting; harassment
2. game, match (in sports, etc.)
3. shoal (of fish); flock (of seagulls); pack (of dogs, etc.)

Declension

Declension of cluiche

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cluiche cluichí Vocative a chluiche a chluichí Genitive cluiche cluichí Dative cluiche cluichí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cluiche na cluichí Genitive an chluiche na gcluichí Dative leis an gcluiche don chluiche leis na cluichí

Derived terms

• ceannchluiche (“final”)
• cluiche a chur as cúl doirn (“to jink, win every trick in game”)
• cluiche caointe (“funeral rites, games”)
• cluiche ceannais na hÉireann (“All-Ireland final”)
• cluiche ceannais, cluiche craoibhe (“final, championship”)
• cluiche coirn (“cup-tie”)
• cluiche corr (“rounders”)
• cluiche cothrom (“evenly-played, drawn, game”)
• cluiche dólámhach (“singles”)
• cluiche dornála (“boxing match”)
• cluiche dúbailte (“doubles”)
• cluiche físe, cluiche físeán, físchluiche (“video game”)
• cluiche leathcheannais (“semi-final”)
• cluiche saor (“bye”)
• Cluichí Oilimpeacha (“Olympic Games”)
• daorchluiche (“baseball”)
• idirchluiche (“intermezzo”)
• sa chluiche is go (“in such a way that”)
• tír chluiche (“sporting country; hunting-ground”)

 

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cluiche”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Template:R:ga:Dinneen
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cluiche”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Old Irish

Noun

cluiche n

1. game, play, sport
2. jest, sport
3. feats (of arms, strength)

Inflection

Neuter io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• cluichech
• cluichechair
• cluichigidir

Descendants

• Irish: cluiche
• Manx: cloie
• Scottish Gaelic: cluich

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cluiche	chluiche	cluiche pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cluiche”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cluiche m

1. genitive singular of cluich