cliste

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cliste (“ready, quick”), from Proto-Celtic *kel-, of uncertain origin, perhaps Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive”) similar to Latin celer (“swift, quick”). However, compare cleas (“trick, feat”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcʲlʲɪʃtʲə/

Adjective

cliste (genitive singular masculine cliste, genitive singular feminine cliste, plural cliste, not comparable)

  1. clever
    Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste. (proverb)
    Better broken Irish than clever English.

Declension

Declension of cliste
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cliste chliste cliste;
chliste2
vocative chliste cliste
genitive cliste cliste cliste
dative cliste;
chliste1 		chliste cliste;
chliste2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

Noun

cliste m

  1. genitive singular of cliseadh

Mutation

Mutated forms of cliste
radical lenition eclipsis
cliste chliste gcliste

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “clis”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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