cleasach

== Irish == === Etymology === From Middle Irish clesach. By surface analysis, cleas (“trick”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix). === Pronunciation === (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈclʲasˠəx/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈclʲasˠa(x)/ === Adjective === cleasach (genitive singular masculine cleasaigh, genitive singular feminine cleasaí, plural cleasacha, comparative cleasaí) playful tricky, crafty ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cleasaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 203; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cleasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN