cleas

cleas

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /clʲasˠ/[1]

Etymology 1

    From Old Irish cles (“feat”).[2] Perhaps ultimately related to cluiche (“joke, game”).[3]

    Noun

    cleas m (genitive singular clis or cleasa, nominative plural cleasa or cleasanna)

    1. trick
      • 27 June 2015, Alan Titley, "Caimléireacht scrúdaithe", The Irish Times
        Is é an cleas is fearr, gan amhras, ná go mbeadh an obair déanta, […]
        The best trick, of course, is that the work is done, […]
    2. feat
    3. knack
    4. act
    Declension
    Declension of cleas (first declension)
    bare forms
    singular plural
    nominative cleas cleasa
    vocative a chlis a chleasa
    genitive clis cleas
    dative cleas cleasa
    forms with the definite article
    singular plural
    nominative an cleas na cleasa
    genitive an chlis na gcleas
    dative leis an gcleas
    don chleas     		leis na cleasa

    Alternative declension:

    Declension of cleas (third declension)
    bare forms
    singular plural
    nominative cleas cleasanna
    vocative a chleas a chleasanna
    genitive cleasa cleasanna
    dative cleas cleasanna
    forms with the definite article
    singular plural
    nominative an cleas na cleasanna
    genitive an chleasa na gcleasanna
    dative leis an gcleas
    don chleas     		leis na cleasanna
    Derived terms
    • cleas magaidh (“practical joke”)
    • cleas na bacóide (“hopscotch”)
    • cleasach (“playful, tricky”, adjective)
    • cleasaí (“joker”)
    • lúthchleas (“athletics”)
    • clis (“to jump”)

    Etymology 2

      From English class.

      Noun

      cleas m (genitive singular cleas, nominative plural cleasanna)

      1. (derogatory) class (of persons), gang
      Declension
      Declension of cleas (fourth declension)
      bare forms
      singular plural
      nominative cleas cleasanna
      vocative a chleas a chleasanna
      genitive cleas cleasanna
      dative cleas cleasanna
      forms with the definite article
      singular plural
      nominative an cleas na cleasanna
      genitive an chleas na gcleasanna
      dative leis an gcleas
      don chleas       		leis na cleasanna

      Mutation

      Mutated forms of cleas
      radical lenition eclipsis
      cleas chleas gcleas

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

      References

      1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, § 27, page 25
      2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cles”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
      3. ^ MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “cleas”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN

      Further reading

      • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cleas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 146
      • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cleas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
      • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “cleas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
      • “cleas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

      Scottish Gaelic

      Etymology

      From Old Irish cles (“feat”). Perhaps ultimately related to cluich (“joke, game”).[1]

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /kʰles/

      Noun

      cleas m (genitive singular cleasa, plural cleasan)

      1. prank, joke
      2. (dated) act, feat, exploit
      3. trick, stunt, device

      Derived terms

      • cleasachd f (“play, playing; recreation; juggling; conjuring”)
      • cleasaich (“play”, verb)

      References

      1. ^ MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “cleas”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[2], Stirling, →ISBN
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