cleas

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From Old IrishCategory:Irish terms inherited from Old Irish#CLEASCategory:Irish terms derived from Old Irish#CLEAS cles (“feat”).[2] Perhaps ultimately related to cluiche (“joke, game”).[3]

    Noun

    cleas m (genitive singular clis or cleasa, nominative plural cleasa or cleasanna)Category:Irish lemmas#CLEASCategory:Irish nouns#CLEASCategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#CLEASCategory:Irish masculine nouns#CLEASCategory:Pages with entries#CLEASCategory:Pages with 2 entries#CLEAS

    1. trick
    2. feat
    3. knack
    4. act
    Declension

    Alternative declension:

    Derived terms
    • clis (“to jump”)

    Etymology 2

      From EnglishCategory:Irish terms borrowed from English#CLEASCategory:Irish terms derived from English#CLEAS class.

      Noun

      cleas m (genitive singular cleas, nominative plural cleasanna)Category:Irish lemmas#CLEASCategory:Irish nouns#CLEASCategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#CLEASCategory:Irish masculine nouns#CLEASCategory:Pages with entries#CLEASCategory:Pages with 2 entries#CLEAS

      1. (derogatoryCategory:Irish derogatory terms#CLEAS) class (of persons), gang
      Declension

      Mutation

      Mutated forms of cleas
      radical lenition eclipsis
      cleas chleas gcleas

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

      References

      1. ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, § 27, page 25
      2. ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cles”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
      3. ↑ MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “cleas”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

      Further reading

      Scottish Gaelic

      Etymology

      From Old IrishCategory:Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish#CLEASCategory:Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish#CLEAS cles (“feat”). Perhaps ultimately related to cluich (“joke, game”).[1]

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      cleas m (genitive singular cleasa, plural cleasan)Category:Scottish Gaelic lemmas#CLEASCategory:Scottish Gaelic nouns#CLEASCategory:Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header#CLEASCategory:Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns#CLEASCategory:Pages with entries#CLEASCategory:Pages with 2 entries#CLEASCategory:gd-noun 2

      1. prank, joke
      2. (datedCategory:Scottish Gaelic dated terms#CLEAS) act, feat, exploit
      3. trick, stunt, device

      Derived terms

      • cleasachd f (“play, playing; recreation; juggling; conjuring”)
      • cleasaich (“play”, verb)

      References

      1. ↑ MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “cleas”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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