cleacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish clechtaid.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /clʲaxt̪ˠ/
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /clʲæxt̪ˠ/

Verb

cleacht (present analytic cleachtann, future analytic cleachtfaidh, verbal noun cleachtadh, past participle cleachta)

to perform habitually, be, become accustomed to
to practice

Conjugation

conjugation of cleacht (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	cleachtaim	cleachtann tú; cleachtair^†	cleachtann sé, sí	cleachtaimid	cleachtann sibh	cleachtann siad; cleachtaid^†	a chleachtann; a chleachtas / a gcleachtann; a gcleachtas	cleachtar
	past	chleacht mé; chleachtas	chleacht tú; chleachtais	chleacht sé, sí	chleachtamar; chleacht muid	chleacht sibh; chleachtabhair	chleacht siad; chleachtadar	a chleacht / ar chleacht*	cleachtadh
	past habitual	chleachtainn / gcleachtainn‡‡	chleachtá / gcleachtá‡‡	chleachtadh sé, sí / gcleachtadh sé, sí‡‡	chleachtaimis; chleachtadh muid / gcleachtaimis‡‡; gcleachtadh muid‡‡	chleachtadh sibh / gcleachtadh sibh‡‡	chleachtaidís; chleachtadh siad / gcleachtaidís‡‡; gcleachtadh siad‡‡	a chleachtadh / a gcleachtadh*	chleachtaí / gcleachtaí‡‡
future		cleachtfaidh mé; cleachtfad	cleachtfaidh tú; cleachtfair^†	cleachtfaidh sé, sí	cleachtfaimid; cleachtfaidh muid	cleachtfaidh sibh	cleachtfaidh siad; cleachtfaid^†	a chleachtfaidh; a chleachtfas / a gcleachtfaidh; a gcleachtfas	cleachtfar
conditional		chleachtfainn / gcleachtfainn‡‡	chleachtfá / gcleachtfá‡‡	chleachtfadh sé, sí / gcleachtfadh sé, sí‡‡	chleachtfaimis; chleachtfadh muid / gcleachtfaimis‡‡; gcleachtfadh muid‡‡	chleachtfadh sibh / gcleachtfadh sibh‡‡	chleachtfaidís; chleachtfadh siad / gcleachtfaidís‡‡; gcleachtfadh siad‡‡	a chleachtfadh / a gcleachtfadh*	chleachtfaí / gcleachtfaí‡‡
subjunctive	present	go gcleachta mé; go gcleachtad^†	go gcleachta tú; go gcleachtair^†	go gcleachta sé, sí	go gcleachtaimid; go gcleachta muid	go gcleachta sibh	go gcleachta siad; go gcleachtaid^†	—	go gcleachtar
subjunctive	past	dá gcleachtainn	dá gcleachtá	dá gcleachtadh sé, sí	dá gcleachtaimis; dá gcleachtadh muid	dá gcleachtadh sibh	dá gcleachtaidís; dá gcleachtadh siad	—	dá gcleachtaí
imperative		cleachtaim	cleacht	cleachtadh sé, sí	cleachtaimis	cleachtaigí; cleachtaidh^†	cleachtaidís	—	cleachtar
verbal noun		cleachtadh
past participle		cleachta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cleacht	chleacht	gcleacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.