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cleas

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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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
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Declension of cleas (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cleas cleasa
vocative a chlis a chleasa
genitive clis cleas
dative cleas cleasa
forms with the definite article
case 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
case singular plural
nominative cleas cleasanna
vocative a chleas a chleasanna
genitive cleasa cleasanna
dative cleas cleasanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cleas na cleasanna
genitive an chleasa na gcleasanna
dative leis an gcleas
don chleas
leis na cleasanna
Derived terms
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References

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

Etymology 2

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From English class.

Noun

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cleas m (genitive singular cleas, nominative plural cleasanna)

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

Mutation

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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.

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cleas m (genitive singular cleasa, plural cleasan)

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

Derived terms

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

References

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