cly
See also: Cly
English
Etymology
Probably related to claw; referred by some to Dutch kleed (“a garment”); "to fake a cly" was to take a garment.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪ
Verb
cly (third-person singular simple present clies, present participle clying, simple past and past participle clied)
- (slang, obsolete, transitive) To seize; to steal.
Derived terms
- clyfaker
- clyfaking
Anagrams
- LyC, Lyc, YCL
Chinook Jargon
Etymology
Borrowed from English cry.
Verb
cly
- to cry, be sad
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /klɨː/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /kliː/
Verb
cly
- Obsolete form of clo (“(s/he) locks, closes”).
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cly | gly | nghly | chly |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||