cléireach

See also: clèireach and Clèireach

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲeːɾʲəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲeːɾʲa(x)/

Noun

cléireach m (genitive singular cléirigh, nominative plural cléirigh)

1. clerk
   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 196:

     Do luigh sé isteach mar chléireach siopa i dtigh mór cúraim.

     He went to work as a shop clerk in a large trading house.

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
• banchléireach
• cléireach loingis
• cléireach túise
• cléireach-chlóscríobhaí
• cléireachas
• mac-chléireach

 

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cléireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN