cluiche

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cluiche.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkl̪ˠɪhə/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈklˠɪçə/, /ˈkl̪ˠɪçə/
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /kl̪ˠiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈklˠɪçə/, /ˈkl̪ˠɪçə/; /ˈklˠəi̯çə/, /ˈkl̪ˠəi̯çə/; /ˈklˠɔi̯çə/, /ˈkl̪ˠɔi̯çə/[1]

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cluiche chluiche gcluiche
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 59

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkluxʲe]

Noun

cluiche n

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

Inflection

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

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰl̪ˠuçə/

Noun

cluiche m

  1. genitive singular of cluich

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cluichechluiche
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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