cleith

== Irish == === Alternative forms === cleath, clith === Etymology === From Old Irish cleth (“housepost”), from Proto-Celtic *klitā (“pillar”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlitós (“inclined”). Compare Sanskrit श्रि॒त (śritá, “attached”), Ancient Greek κλίτα (klíta, “cloister”, Hesychius), and Old English ġehlid (“fence”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /clʲe(h)/ === Noun === cleith f (genitive singular cleithe, nominative plural cleitheanna or cleitheacha) pole (long and slender object for construction or support) cudgel (short heavy club with a rounded head) wattle (construction of branches and twigs), stake (in wattling) (nautical) yard (tapered timber from which square sails hang) housepost (obsolete) spear ==== Declension ==== Alternative plural: cleitheacha ==== Synonyms ==== (pole): cuaille (wattle): caolach (yard): slat (spear): sleá ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cleaṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 147 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cleith”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN