cliabh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish clíab, from Proto-Celtic *klēbos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /clʲiəvˠ/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /clʲiəw/

Noun

cliabh m (genitive singular cléibh, nominative plural cléibh)

1. a basket, creel, pannier
   • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, “Áindrías an Ime”, in A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of Glenties, page 197:

     Seachtmhain roimhe Shamhain chuaidh an Seónstanach siar ⁊ seacht ngearráin ⁊ péire cliabh air ghach gearrán fá choinne a chuid ime.

     A week before Samhain, Johnstone went back with seven geldings and a pair of panniers on each gelding for his butter.

2. breast, bosom, chest, ribs
3. wicker frame (as of a boat)

Declension

Declension of cliabh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cliabh cléibh Vocative a chléibh a chliabha Genitive cléibh cliabh Dative cliabh cléibh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cliabh na cléibh Genitive an chléibh na gcliabh Dative leis an gcliabh don chliabh leis na cléibh

Derived terms

• aingíne chléibh
• cliabhán
• cliabhrach
• mála droma cléibh

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cliabh	chliabh	gcliabh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cliabh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cliabh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cliabh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish clíab, from Proto-Celtic *klēbos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰliəv/

Noun

cliabh m (genitive singular clèibh, plural clèibh)

1. pannier
2. creel
3. chest, thorax
4. stave (musical notation)

Synonyms

• (chest): broilleach

Derived terms

• cnàimh a' chlèibh (“breastbone”)
• fiabhras-clèibhe (“pneumonia”)

References

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cliabh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN