Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cluiche.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkl̪ˠɪhə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈklˠɪçə/, /ˈkl̪ˠɪçə/; /ˈklˠəi̯çə/, /ˈkl̪ˠəi̯çə/; /ˈklˠɔi̯çə/, /ˈkl̪ˠɔi̯çə/[2]

Noun

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cluiche m (genitive singular cluiche, nominative plural cluichí)

  1. game
  2. (sports) game, match

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cluiche chluiche gcluiche
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cluiche”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 149, page 59

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cluiche n

  1. game, play, sport
  2. jest, sport
  3. feats (of arms, strength)

Inflection

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Neuter io-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cluicheN cluicheL cluicheL
Vocative cluicheN cluicheL cluicheL
Accusative cluicheN cluicheL cluicheL
Genitive cluichiL cluicheL cluicheN
Dative cluichiuL cluichib cluichib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: cluiche
  • Manx: cloie
  • Scottish Gaelic: cluich

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cluiche chluiche cluiche
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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cluiche m

  1. genitive singular of cluich

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cluiche chluiche
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.