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cléireach

cléireach

See also: clèireach and Clèireach

Irish

Noun

cléireach m ‎(genitive singular cléirigh, nominative plural cléirigh)

clerk
(historical) cleric
altar boy
sexton

Declension

Declension of cléireach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cléireach	cléirigh
Vocative	a chléirigh	a chléireacha
Genitive	cléirigh	cléireach
Dative	cléireach	cléirigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cléireach	na cléirigh
Genitive	an chléirigh	na gcléireach
Dative	leis an gcléireach don chléireach	leis na cléirigh

Derived terms

Terms derived from cléireach

banchléireach m ‎(“female clerk”)
cléireach-chlóscríobhaí m ‎(“clerk-typist”)

cléireach loingis m ‎(“shipping-clerk”)
cléireach túise m ‎(“incense-bearer”)

mac-chléireach m ‎(“clerical student”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cléireach	chléireach	gcléireach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"cléireach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“cléirech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.