cliste
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish cliste (“ready, quick”), from Proto-Celtic *kel-, of uncertain origin, perhaps Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive”) similar to Latin celer (“swift, quick”). However, compare cleas (“trick, feat”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈcʲlʲɪʃtʲə/
Adjective
cliste (genitive singular masculine cliste, genitive singular feminine cliste, plural cliste, not comparable)
Declension
Declension of cliste
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cliste | chliste | cliste; chliste² | |
| Vocative | chliste | cliste | ||
| Genitive | cliste | cliste | cliste | |
| Dative | cliste; chliste¹ |
chliste | cliste; chliste² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
cliste m
- genitive singular of cliseadh
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cliste | chliste | gcliste |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “clis”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
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