cliathánach

Irish

Etymology

From cliathán +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

cliathánach (genitive singular masculine cliathánaigh, genitive singular feminine cliathánaí, plural cliathánacha, comparative cliathánaí)

  1. flanking
  2. lateral (of or pertaining to the side)
  3. sideways
  4. broadside

Declension
Declension of cliathánach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative cliathánach chliathánach cliathánacha;
chliathánacha²
Vocative chliathánaigh cliathánacha
Genitive cliathánaí cliathánacha cliathánach
Dative cliathánach;
chliathánach¹		 chliathánach;
chliathánaigh (archaic)		 cliathánacha;
chliathánacha²
Comparative níos cliathánaí
Superlative is cliathánaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

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

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46

Further reading
  • “cliathánach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
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