cleachtadh

Irish

Etymology 1

cleacht +‎ -adh

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲaxt̪ˠə/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲæxt̪ˠə/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲaxt̪ˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲaxt̪ˠu/

Noun

cleachtadh m (genitive singular as substantive cleachtaidh, genitive as verbal noun cleachta, nominative plural cleachtaí)

1. verbal noun of cleacht
2. habit, wont
3. practice, experience
4. (theater) rehearsal
5. (education) exercise

Declension

(as verbal noun):

Declension of cleachtadh

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cleachtadh cleachtaí Vocative a chleachtadh a chleachtaí Genitive cleachta cleachtaí Dative cleachtadh cleachtaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cleachtadh na cleachtaí Genitive an chleachta na gcleachtaí Dative leis an gcleachtadh don chleachtadh leis na cleachtaí

(as regular noun):

Declension of cleachtadh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cleachtadh cleachtaí Vocative a chleachtaidh a chleachtaí Genitive cleachtaidh cleachtaí Dative cleachtadh cleachtaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cleachtadh na cleachtaí Genitive an chleachtaidh na gcleachtaí Dative leis an gcleachtadh don chleachtadh leis na cleachtaí

Derived terms

• ainchleachtadh
• athchleachtadh (“revision”)
• dianchleachtadh (“intensive practice”)
• díchleachtadh (“disuse, desuetude”)
• droch-chleachtadh (“bad habit”)
• leabhar cleachta (“exercise book”)
• neamhchleachtadh (“inexperience”)
• raidhfil cleachta (“gallery rifle”)
• seanchleachtadh (“long experience”)

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲaxt̪ˠəɡ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲæxt̪ˠəvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲaxt̪ˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲaxt̪ˠu/

Verb

cleachtadh

1. past indicative autonomous of cleacht

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲaxt̪ˠəx/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈclʲæxt̪ˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈclʲæxt̪ˠəx/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈclʲaxt̪ˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈclʲaxt̪ˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈclʲaxt̪ˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈclʲaxt̪ˠu/

Verb

cleachtadh

1. inflection of cleacht:
   1. past subjunctive analytic
   2. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cleachtadh	chleachtadh	gcleachtadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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