cleacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish clechtaid

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /clʲaxt̪ˠ/
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /clʲæxt̪ˠ/

Verb

cleacht (present analytic cleachtann, future analytic cleachtfaidh, verbal noun cleachtadh, past participle cleachta)

to perform habitually, be, become accustomed to
to practice

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	cleachtaim	cleachtann tú; cleachtair^†	cleachtann sé, sí	cleachtaimid	cleachtann sibh	cleachtann siad; cleachtaid^†	a chleachtann; a chleachtas / a gcleachtann; a gcleachtas	cleachtar
	past	chleacht mé; chleachtas	chleacht tú; chleachtais	chleacht sé, sí	chleachtamar; chleacht muid	chleacht sibh; chleachtabhair	chleacht siad; chleachtadar	a chleacht / ar chleacht*	cleachtadh
	past habitual	chleachtainn	chleachtá	chleachtadh sé, sí	chleachtaimis; chleachtadh muid	chleachtadh sibh	chleachtaidís; chleachtadh siad	a chleachtadh / ar chleachtadh*	chleachtaí
	future	cleachtfaidh mé; cleachtfad	cleachtfaidh tú; cleachtfair^†	cleachtfaidh sé, sí	cleachtfaimid; cleachtfaidh muid	cleachtfaidh sibh	cleachtfaidh siad; cleachtfaid^†	a chleachtfaidh; a chleachtfas / a gcleachtfaidh; a gcleachtfas	cleachtfar
conditional		chleachtfainn / gcleachtfainn‡‡	chleachtfá / gcleachtfá‡‡	chleachtfadh sé, sí / gcleachtfadh sé, sí‡‡	chleachtfaimis; chleachtfadh muid / gcleachtfaimis‡‡; gcleachtfadh muid‡‡	chleachtfadh sibh / gcleachtfadh sibh‡‡	chleachtfaidís; chleachtfadh siad / gcleachtfaidís‡‡; gcleachtfadh siad‡‡	a chleachtfadh / ar chleachtfadh*	chleachtfaí / gcleachtfaí‡‡
subjunctive	present	go gcleachta mé; go gcleachtad^†	go gcleachta tú; go gcleachtair^†	go gcleachta sé, sí	go gcleachtaimid; go gcleachta muid	go gcleachta sibh	go gcleachta siad; go gcleachtaid^†	—	go gcleachtar
subjunctive	past	dá gcleachtainn	dá gcleachtá	dá gcleachtadh sé, sí	dá gcleachtaimis; dá gcleachtadh muid	dá gcleachtadh sibh	dá gcleachtaidís; dá gcleachtadh siad	—	dá gcleachtaí
imperative		cleachtaim	cleacht	cleachtadh sé, sí	cleachtaimis	cleachtaigí; cleachtaidh^†	cleachtaidís	—	cleachtar
verbal noun		cleachtadh
past participle		cleachta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cleacht	chleacht	gcleacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.