cleasaí

Irish

Etymology

cleas +‎ -aí

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /clʲaˈsˠiː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲasˠiː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲasˠi/

Noun

cleasaí m (genitive singular cleasaí, nominative plural cleasaithe)

1. A playful person or animal.
2. trickster, crafty person

   B'fhéidir go gcuimhneoidh daoine áirithe air mar fhear seoigh, rógaire nó cleasaí.

   Possibly certain people will remember him as a showman, rogue, or trickster.

3. juggler, acrobat
4. joker (playing card)

Declension

Declension of cleasaí (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cleasaí cleasaithe vocative a chleasaí a chleasaithe genitive cleasaí cleasaithe dative cleasaí cleasaithe forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an cleasaí na cleasaithe genitive an chleasaí na gcleasaithe dative leis an gcleasaí don chleasaí leis na cleasaithe

Derived terms

• lúthchleasaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of cleasaí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cleasaí	chleasaí	gcleasaí

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

Further reading

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