cluimhreach

Irish

Alternative forms

• claimhreach

Etymology

Apparently from clúmh (“down, feathers”), though the shortening of the vowel is unexplained.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈklˠɨ̞̃vʲɾʲa(x)/

Noun

cluimhreach f (genitive singular cluimhrí) or
cluimhreach m (genitive singular cluimhrigh)

1. plumage (collection of feathers covering a bird’s body), feathers

Declension

As a feminine second-declension noun:

Declension of cluimhreach (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cluimhreach vocative a chluimhreach genitive cluimhrí dative cluimhreach cluimhrigh (archaic, dialectal) forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chluimhreach genitive na cluimhrí dative leis an gcluimhreach leis an gcluimhrigh (archaic, dialectal) don chluimhreach don chluimhrigh (archaic, dialectal)

As a masculine first-declension noun:

Declension of cluimhreach (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cluimhreach vocative a chluimhrigh genitive cluimhrigh dative cluimhreach forms with the definite article case singular nominative an cluimhreach genitive an chluimhrigh dative leis an gcluimhreach don chluimhreach

Derived terms

• leaba chluimhrí

Mutation

Mutated forms of cluimhreach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cluimhreach	chluimhreach	gcluimhreach

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

Further reading

• “cluimhreach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cluiṁreaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 153
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cluimhreach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39