cléireach
See also: clèireach and Clèireach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cléirech (“cleric; clerk”), from Late Latin clēricus, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós).
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈclʲeːɾʲəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈclʲeːɾʲa(x)/
Noun
cléireach m (genitive singular cléirigh, nominative plural cléirigh)
- clerk
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 196:
- Do luigh sé isteach mar chléireach siopa i dtigh mór cúraim.
- He went to work as a shop clerk in a large trading house.
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 196:
- (historical) cleric
- altar boy
- sexton
Declension
Declension of cléireach
First declension
Bare forms:
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Derived terms
- ardchléireach
- banchléireach
- cléireach-chlóscríobhaí
- cléireach loingis
- cléireach túise
- mac-chléireach
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cléireach | chléireach | gcléireach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cléireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cléirech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 20