Irish

Noun

cliabh m ‎(genitive singular cléibh, nominative plural cléibh)

1. a basket, creel, pannier
   • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, “Áindrías an Ime”, in A Dialect of Donegal: Being the Speech of Meenawannia in the Parish of Glenties, page 196:

     Seachtmhain roimhe Shamhain chuaidh an Seónstanach siar ⁊ seacht ngearráin ⁊ péire cliabh air ghach gearrán fá choinne a chuid ime.

     A week before Samhain, Johnstone went back with seven geldings and a pair of panniers on each gelding for his butter.

2. breast, bosom, chest, ribs
3. wicker frame (as of a boat)

Declension

Derived terms

• aingíne chléibh ‎(“angina pectoris”)
• cliabhán

Mutation

References

• "cliabh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish clíab.

Noun

cliabh m ‎(genitive singular clèibh, plural clèibh)

1. pannier
2. creel
3. chest, thorax
4. stave (musical notation)

Synonyms

• (chest): broilleach

Derived terms

• fiabhras-clèibhe