cleachtadh

Irish

Etymology 1

cleacht +‎ -adh

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲaxt̪ˠə/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲæxt̪ˠə/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲaxt̪ˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲaxt̪ˠu/

Noun

cleachtadh m (genitive singular as substantive cleachtaidh, genitive as verbal noun cleachta, nominative plural cleachtaí)

1. verbal noun of cleacht
2. habit, wont
3. practice, experience
4. (theater) rehearsal
5. (education) exercise

Declension

(as verbal noun):

Declension of cleachtadh (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cleachtadh cleachtaí vocative a chleachtadh a chleachtaí genitive cleachta cleachtaí dative cleachtadh cleachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cleachtadh na cleachtaí genitive an chleachta na gcleachtaí dative leis an gcleachtadh don chleachtadh leis na cleachtaí

(as regular noun):

Declension of cleachtadh (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cleachtadh cleachtaí vocative a chleachtaidh a chleachtaí genitive cleachtaidh cleachtaí dative cleachtadh cleachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cleachtadh na cleachtaí genitive an chleachtaidh na gcleachtaí dative leis an gcleachtadh don chleachtadh leis na cleachtaí

Derived terms

• ainchleachtadh
• athchleachtadh (“revision”)
• dianchleachtadh (“intensive practice”)
• díchleachtadh (“disuse, desuetude”)
• droch-chleachtadh (“bad habit”)
• leabhar cleachta (“exercise book”)
• neamhchleachtadh (“inexperience”)
• raidhfil cleachta (“gallery rifle”)
• seanchleachtadh (“long experience”)

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲaxt̪ˠəɡ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲæxt̪ˠəvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲaxt̪ˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲaxt̪ˠu/

Verb

cleachtadh

1. past indicative autonomous of cleacht

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲaxt̪ˠəx/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈclʲæxt̪ˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈclʲæxt̪ˠəx/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈclʲaxt̪ˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈclʲaxt̪ˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈclʲaxt̪ˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈclʲaxt̪ˠu/

Verb

cleachtadh

1. inflection of cleacht:
   1. past subjunctive analytic
   2. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Mutated forms of cleachtadh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cleachtadh	chleachtadh	gcleachtadh

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) “cleachtadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN