clibirt

Irish

Alternative forms

• clibis, clipe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈclʲɪbʲəɾˠtʲ/

Noun

clibirt f (genitive singular clibirte, nominative plural clibirtí)

1. scrimmage
2. (rugby) scrum, scrummage

Declension

Declension of clibirt (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative clibirt clibirtí vocative a chlibirt a chlibirtí genitive clibirte clibirtí dative clibirt clibirtí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chlibirt na clibirtí genitive na clibirte na gclibirtí dative leis an gclibirt don chlibirt leis na clibirtí

Derived terms

• leathchúlaí clibirte (“scrum-half”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of clibirt

radical	lenition	eclipsis
clibirt	chlibirt	gclibirt

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

Further reading

• “clibirt”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “clibirt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clibirt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 45