cléireach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish cléirech (“cleric; clerk”), from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcléireach m (genitive singular cléirigh, nominative plural cléirigh)
- 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.
- (historical) cleric
- altar boy
- sexton
Declension
editDeclension of cléireach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cléireach | chléireach | gcléireach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cléirech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 20
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cléireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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