Irish

Noun

cliath f ‎(genitive singular cléithe, nominative plural cliatha)

1. wattled, latticed frame; hurdle
2. raft, stretcher; (penal) hurdle
3. (military) phalanx
4. crowd, shoal
5. (music) staff, stave
6. (knitting) (patch of) darning (on stocking)
7. (anatomy, medicine) bodily frame, chest; chestiness, wheeze

Declension

Synonyms

• (raft, stretcher, penal hurdle): cliath iompair
• (music): cliath ceoil
• (knitting): cliath ar stoca
• (frame, chest, chestiness, wheeze): cliath uchta

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish clíath, from Proto-Celtic *klētā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kliə/

Noun

cliath f ‎(genitive singular clèithe, plural cliathan)

1. grating, grid, lattice
2. harrow
3. shoal (of fish)

Synonyms

• (shoal): sgaoth

Derived terms

Verb

cliath ‎(past chliath, future cliathaidh, verbal noun cliathadh, past participle cliathte)

1. harrow
2. copulate (about birds)