cleasaí
Irish
Etymology
cleas + -aí
Noun
cleasaí m (genitive singular cleasaí, nominative plural cleasaithe)
- A playful person or animal.
- trickster, crafty person
- B'fhéidir go gcuimhneoidh daoine áirithe air mar fhear seoigh, rógaire nó cleasaí.
- Possibly certain people will remember him as a showman, rogue, or trickster.
- juggler, acrobat
- joker (playing card)
Declension
Declension of cleasaí
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cleasaí | chleasaí | gcleasaí |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "cleasaí" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.