cliath

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish clíath, from Proto-Celtic *klētā. Cognate with French claie and Welsh clwyd.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /clʲiə/

Noun

cliath f (genitive singular cléithe, nominative plural cliatha)

wattled, latticed frame; hurdle
raft, stretcher; (penal) hurdle
(military) phalanx
crowd, shoal
(music) staff, stave
(knitting) (patch of) darning (on stocking)
(anatomy, medicine) bodily frame, chest; chestiness, wheeze

Declension

Declension of cliath

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cliath	cliatha
Vocative	a chliath	a chliatha
Genitive	cléithe	cliath
Dative	cliath	cliatha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an chliath	na cliatha
Genitive	na cléithe	na gcliath
Dative	leis an gcliath don chliath	leis na cliatha

Synonyms

(raft, stretcher, penal hurdle): cliath iompair
(music): cliath ceoil
(knitting): cliath ar stoca
(frame, chest, chestiness, wheeze): cliath uchta

Derived terms

cliathach
cliathán
cliathbhosca
cliath catha
cliathchosach
cliath fhuirste
cliath láimhe
cliathobair
cliathóir
snáthaid chléithe

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cliath	chliath	gcliath
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish clíath, from Proto-Celtic *klētā.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kliə/

Noun

cliath f (genitive singular clèithe, plural cliathan)

Synonyms

(shoal): sgaoth

Derived terms

cliath-bhogsa (“crate”)
cliath-theine (“fire grate”)
cliath-uinneige (“lattice, window bars”)
comharra-clèithe, iùl-clèithe (“grid reference”)

Verb

cliath (past chliath, future cliathaidh, verbal noun cliathadh, past participle cliathte)

harrow
copulate (about birds)

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