cluichech
Old Irish
Etymology
Adjective
cluichech
- playful, sportive
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 59a16
- cluichech ― (glosses Latin ludibundus)
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 59a16
Inflection
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cluichech | cluichech | cluichech |
| vocative | cluichig* cluichech** | ||
| accusative | cluichech | cluichig | |
| genitive | cluichig | cluichige | cluichig |
| dative | cluichiuch | cluichig | cluichiuch |
| plural | masculine | feminine/neuter | |
| nominative | cluichig | cluichecha | |
| vocative | cluichechu cluichecha† | ||
| accusative | cluichechu cluichecha† | ||
| genitive | cluichech | ||
| dative | cluichechaib | ||
*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| cluichech | chluichech | cluichech pronounced with /ɡ-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cluichech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language