claie

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French cloie, from Old Occitan cleda, from Medieval Latin clida, from Gaulish *cleta, from Proto-Celtic *klētā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”). Cognate with Galician cheda, Irish cliath and Welsh clwyd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɛ/

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Noun

claie f (plural claies)

1. wicker rack; trellis
2. hurdle (temporary fence, hedge)

Further reading

• “claie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “claie”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page cliath

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian кладня (kladnja), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *klasti.

Noun

claie f (plural clăi)

1. haystack

   Synonym: căpiță

2. heap, pile
3. a bunch, mass, multitude, throng, crowd

Declension

Declension of claie

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) claie	claia	(niște) clăi	clăile
genitive/dative	(unei) clăi	clăii	(unor) clăi	clăilor
vocative	claie, claio		clăilor

See also

• grămadă
• mulțime