clib

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

clib f (genitive singular clibe, nominative plural clibeanna)

1. tag (metallic binding, tube, or point at the end of a string or lace)
2. Alternative form of clibín
3. Alternative form of cliobóg

Declension

Declension of clib (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative clib clibeanna vocative a chlib a chlibeanna genitive clibe clibeanna dative clib clibeanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chlib na clibeanna genitive na clibe na gclibeanna dative leis an gclib don chlib leis na clibeanna

Derived terms

• clib madra
• clib aitheantais

Mutation

Mutated forms of clib

radical	lenition	eclipsis
clib	chlib	gclib

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) “clib”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “clib”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “clib”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024