Irish

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Pronunciation

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  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈclʲẽːfʲaxə/, [ˈclʲɛ̃i̯fʲaxə][1] (as if spelled cléidhmhtheacha); /ˈklˠãifʲaxə/, /ˈklˠə̃ifʲaxə/[2]

Noun

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claidhmhtheacha[3]

  1. (nonstandard) plural of claíomh

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
claidhmhtheacha chlaidhmhtheacha gclaidhmhtheacha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 153, page 60
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 319, page 112
  3. ^ claidhmhtheacha”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy