cleth

== Middle English == === Noun === cleth alternative form of clethe == Old Dutch == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *klaiþ, from Proto-Germanic *klaiþą. === Noun === clēth n piece of clothing ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: cleêtDutch: kleed, klerenLimburgish: kleid, kleier === References === “klēth”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 == Old Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkʲlʲeθ/ === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Noun ==== cleth f (genitive cleithe, nominative plural cletha) housepost stake, pole ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== clí ===== Descendants ===== Irish: cleith Scottish Gaelic: cleith ==== Further reading ==== Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cleth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== cleth f (genitive cleithe) verbal noun of ceilid (“to hide, conceal”) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== cleth genitive singular/dual/plural of clí === Mutation ===