cleasaí

Irish

Etymology

cleas +‎ -aí

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /clʲaˈsˠiː/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈclʲasˠiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈclʲasˠi/

Noun

cleasaí m (genitive singular cleasaí, nominative plural cleasaithe)

  1. A playful person or animal.
  2. trickster, crafty person
    B'fhéidir go gcuimhneoidh daoine áirithe air mar fhear seoigh, rógaire nó cleasaí.
    Possibly certain people will remember him as a showman, rogue, or trickster.
  3. juggler, acrobat
  4. joker (playing card)

Declension
Declension of cleasaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cleasaí cleasaithe
Vocative a chleasaí a chleasaithe
Genitive cleasaí cleasaithe
Dative cleasaí cleasaithe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cleasaí na cleasaithe
Genitive an chleasaí na gcleasaithe
Dative leis an gcleasaí

don chleasaí

 leis na cleasaithe

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cleasaí chleasaí gcleasaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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