clíoma

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma, “region, zone,” originally “slope”), from κλίνω (klínō, “I slope, incline”).

Noun

clíoma m (genitive singular clíoma, nominative plural clíomaí)

1. (weather) climate

Declension

Declension of clíoma (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative clíoma clíomaí vocative a chlíoma a chlíomaí genitive clíoma clíomaí dative clíoma clíomaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an clíoma na clíomaí genitive an chlíoma na gclíomaí dative leis an gclíoma don chlíoma leis na clíomaí

Synonyms

• aer
• aeráid

Derived terms

• clíomach (“climatic”, adjective)
• clíomeolaíocht f (“climatology”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of clíoma

radical	lenition	eclipsis
clíoma	chlíoma	gclíoma

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clíoma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN