cliathánach

Irish

Etymology

From cliathán +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲiːhana(x)/

Adjective

cliathánach (genitive singular masculine cliathánaigh, genitive singular feminine cliathánaí, plural cliathánacha, comparative cliathánaí)

1. flanking
2. lateral (of or pertaining to the side)
3. sideways
4. broadside

Declension

Declension of cliathánach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cliathánach	chliathánach	cliathánacha; chliathánacha²
Vocative	chliathánaigh		cliathánacha
Genitive		cliathánaí	cliathánacha	cliathánach
Dative	cliathánach; chliathánach¹	chliathánach; chliathánaigh (archaic)	cliathánacha; chliathánacha²
Comparative	níos cliathánaí
Superlative	is cliathánaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• carr cliathánach (“sidecar, jaunting car”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cliathánach	chliathánach	gcliathánach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “cliathánach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy