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cluiche

cluiche

Irish

Alternative forms

cluife (Cois Fharraige)

Noun

cluiche m ‎(genitive singular cluiche, nominative plural cluichí)

game; joke; playacting; harassment
game, match (in sports, etc.)
shoal (of fish); flock (of seagulls); pack (of dogs, etc.)

Declension

Declension of cluiche

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cluiche	cluichí
Vocative	a chluiche	a chluichí
Genitive	cluiche	cluichí
Dative	cluiche	cluichí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cluiche	na cluichí
Genitive	an chluiche	na gcluichí
Dative	leis an gcluiche don chluiche	leis na cluichí

Derived terms

Terms derived from cluiche

ceannchluiche ‎(“final”)
cluiche a chur as cúl doirn ‎(“to jink, win every trick in game”)
cluiche caointe ‎(“funeral rites, games”)
cluiche ceannais, cluiche craoibhe ‎(“final, championship”)
cluiche ceannais na hÉireann ‎(“All-Ireland final”)
cluiche coirn ‎(“cup-tie”)
cluiche corr ‎(“rounders”)

cluiche cothrom ‎(“evenly-played, drawn, game”)
cluiche dólámhach ‎(“singles”)
cluiche dornála ‎(“boxing match”)
cluiche dúbailte ‎(“doubles”)
cluiche físe, cluiche físeán, físchluiche ‎(“video game”)
cluiche leathcheannais ‎(“semi-final”)

cluiche saor ‎(“bye”)
Cluichí Oilimpeacha ‎(“Olympic Games”)
daorchluiche ‎(“baseball”)
idirchluiche ‎(“intermezzo”)
sa chluiche is go ‎(“in such a way that”)
tír chluiche ‎(“sporting country; hunting-ground”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cluiche	chluiche	gcluiche
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“cluiche” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“cluiche” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"cluiche" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Old Irish

Noun

cluiche n

game, play, sport
jest, sport
feats (of arms, strength)

Inflection

Neuter io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

Irish: cluiche
Manx: cloie
Scottish Gaelic: cluich

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cluiche	chluiche	cluiche pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“cluiche” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cluiche m

genitive singular of cluich