cléireach

See also: clèireach and Clèireach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cléirech (“cleric; clerk”), from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós).

Noun

cléireach m (genitive singular cléirigh, nominative plural cléirigh)

  1. clerk
  2. (historical) cleric
  3. altar boy
  4. sexton

Declension
Declension of cléireach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cléireach cléirigh
Vocative a chléirigh a chléireacha
Genitive cléirigh cléireach
Dative cléireach cléirigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cléireach na cléirigh
Genitive an chléirigh na gcléireach
Dative leis an gcléireach

don chléireach

 leis na cléirigh

Derived terms
  • ardchléireach (“head clerk”)
  • banchléireach (“female clerk”)
  • cléireach-chlóscríobhaí (“clerk-typist”)
  • cléireach loingis (“shipping-clerk”)
  • cléireach túise (“incense-bearer”)
  • mac-chléireach (“clerical student”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cléireach chléireach gcléireach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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