cluich

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cluichigidir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klˠɪç/

Verb

cluich (present analytic cluicheann, future analytic cluichfidh, verbal noun cluicheadh, past participle cluichte)

1. chase
2. turn, round up
3. harass
4. shoal

Conjugation

conjugation of cluich (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	cluichim	cluicheann tú; cluichir†	cluicheann sé, sí	cluichimid	cluicheann sibh	cluicheann siad; cluichid†	a chluicheann; a chluicheas / a gcluicheann*	cluichtear
	past	chluich mé; chluicheas	chluich tú; chluichis	chluich sé, sí	chluicheamar; chluich muid	chluich sibh; chluicheabhair	chluich siad; chluicheadar	a chluich / ar chluich*	cluicheadh
	past habitual	chluichinn / gcluichinn‡‡	chluichteá / gcluichteᇇ	chluicheadh sé, sí / gcluicheadh sé, s퇇	chluichimis; chluicheadh muid / gcluichimis‡‡; gcluicheadh muid‡‡	chluicheadh sibh / gcluicheadh sibh‡‡	chluichidís; chluicheadh siad / gcluichidís‡‡; gcluicheadh siad‡‡	a chluicheadh / a gcluicheadh*	chluichtí / gcluicht퇇
future		cluichfidh mé; cluichfead	cluichfidh tú; cluichfir†	cluichfidh sé, sí	cluichfimid; cluichfidh muid	cluichfidh sibh	cluichfidh siad; cluichfid†	a chluichfidh; a chluichfeas / a gcluichfidh*	cluichfear
conditional		chluichfinn / gcluichfinn‡‡	chluichfeá / gcluichfeᇇ	chluichfeadh sé, sí / gcluichfeadh sé, s퇇	chluichfimis; chluichfeadh muid / gcluichfimis‡‡; gcluichfeadh muid‡‡	chluichfeadh sibh / gcluichfeadh sibh‡‡	chluichfidís; chluichfeadh siad / gcluichfidís‡‡; gcluichfeadh siad‡‡	a chluichfeadh / a gcluichfeadh*	chluichfí / gcluichf퇇
subjunctive	present	go gcluiche mé; go gcluichead†	go gcluiche tú; go gcluichir†	go gcluiche sé, sí	go gcluichimid; go gcluiche muid	go gcluiche sibh	go gcluiche siad; go gcluichid†	—	go gcluichtear
	past	dá gcluichinn	dá gcluichteá	dá gcluicheadh sé, sí	dá gcluichimis; dá gcluicheadh muid	dá gcluicheadh sibh	dá gcluichidís; dá gcluicheadh siad	—	dá gcluichtí
imperative		cluichim	cluich	cluicheadh sé, sí	cluichimis	cluichigí; cluichidh†	cluichidís	—	cluichtear
verbal noun		cluicheadh
past participle		cluichte

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of cluich

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cluich	chluich	gcluich

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

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• cluichd (verbal noun form in Uist and Barra)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰl̪ˠuç/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cluiche.

Noun

cluich m (genitive singular cluiche, plural cluichean or cluicheachan or cluicheannan)

1. play, game, pastime, sport
2. funeral games, funeral rites, solemnities
3. battle
4. (school) vacation
5. flirting
6. gaming
7. (theater) performance
8. verbal noun of cluich

Derived terms

• cainnt-chluich
• cairt-chluiche
• cluicheadair
• dealbh-chluich
• taigh-cluiche
• talla-cluiche

 

Etymology 2

From Old Irish cluichigidir.

Verb

cluich (past chluich, future cluichidh, verbal noun cluich, past participle cluichte)

1. play

   Chluich Seumas leis a' chlaidheamh. ― James played with the sword.

Conjugation

Conjugation of cluich (regular)

		singular			plural			impersonal
		first	second	third m/f	first	second	third
independent	past	chluich mi	chluich thu	chluich e/i	chluich sinn	chluich sibh	chluich iad	chluicheadh
	future	cluichidh mi	cluichidh tu	cluichidh e/i	cluichidh sinn	cluichidh sibh	cluichidh iad	cluichear cluichtear
	conditional	chluichinn	chluicheadh tu	chluicheadh e/i	chluicheamaid chluicheadh sinn	chluicheadh sibh	chluicheadh iad	chluichteadh chluichist1 chluichiste1
negative	past	cha do chluich mi	cha do chluich thu	cha do chluich e/i	cha do chluich sinn	cha do chluich sibh	cha do chluich iad	cha do chluicheadh
	future	cha chluich mi	cha chluich thu	cha chluich e/i	cha chluich sinn	cha chluich sibh	cha chluich iad	cha chluichear cha chluichtear
	conditional	cha chluichinn	cha chluicheadh tu	cha chluicheadh e/i	cha chluicheamaid cha chluicheadh sinn	cha chluicheadh sibh	cha chluicheadh iad	cha chluichteadh cha chluichist1 cha chluichiste1
affirmative interrogative	past	an do chluich mi?	an do chluich thu?	an do chluich e/i?	an do chluich sinn?	an do chluich sibh?	an do chluich iad?	an do chluicheadh?
	future	an cluich mi?	an cluich thu?	an cluich e/i?	an cluich sinn?	an cluich sibh?	an cluich iad?	an cluichear? an cluichtear?
	conditional	an cluichinn?	an cluicheadh tu?	an cluicheadh e/i?	an cluicheamaid? an cluicheadh sinn?	an cluicheadh sibh?	an cluicheadh iad?	an cluichteadh? an cluichist?1 an cluichiste?1
negative interrogative	past	nach do chluich mi?	nach do chluich thu?	nach do chluich e/i?	nach do chluich sinn?	nach do chluich sibh?	nach do chluich iad?	nach do chluicheadh?
	future	nach cluich mi?	nach cluich thu?	nach cluich e/i?	nach cluich sinn?	nach cluich sibh?	nach cluich iad?	nach cluichear? nach cluichtear?
	conditional	nach cluichinn?	nach cluicheadh tu?	nach cluicheadh e/i?	nach cluicheamaid? nach cluicheadh sinn?	nach cluicheadh sibh?	nach cluicheadh iad?	nach cluichteadh? nach cluichist?1 nach cluichiste?1
relative future	affirmative	(ma) chluicheas mi	(ma) chluicheas thu	(ma) chluicheas e/i	(ma) chluicheas sinn	(ma) chluicheas sibh	(ma) chluicheas iad	(ma) chluichear
	negative	(mur) cluich mi	(mur) cluich thu	(mur) cluich e/i	(mur) cluich sinn	(mur) cluich sibh	(mur) cluich iad	(mur) cluichear (mur) cluichtear
imperative		cluicheam	cluich	cluicheadh e/i	cluicheamaid	cluichibh	cluicheadh iad	cluichear cluichtear
stem		cluich
verbal noun		cluich
past participle		cluichte

¹ Lewis dialect form

Alternative verbal noun: cluiche

Mutation

Mutation of cluich

radical	lenition
cluich	chluich

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