cleith

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cleth (housepost), from Proto-Celtic *klitā (pillar), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlitós (inclined). Compare Sanskrit श्रित (śritá, attached), Ancient Greek κλίτα (klíta, cloister, Hesychius), and Old English ġehlid (fence).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cleith f (genitive singular cleithe, nominative plural cleitheanna)

  1. pole (long and slender object for construction or support)
    Synonym: cuaille
  2. cudgel (short heavy club with a rounded head)
  3. wattle (construction of branches and twigs), stake (in wattling)
    Synonym: caolach
  4. (nautical) yard (tapered timber from which square sails hang)
    Synonym: slat
  5. housepost
  6. (obsolete) spear
    Synonym: sleá

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cleith chleith gcleith
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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