cliath

== Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /clʲiə/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle Irish clíath, from Proto-Celtic *kleitā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”). Cognate with French claie and Welsh clwyd. ==== Noun ==== cliath f (genitive singular cléithe, nominative plural cliatha) hurdle (artificial barrier in a race; movable frame of wattled twigs) (music) staff, stave (knitting) darning (of socks) ===== Declension ===== Alternative plural: cléitheacha ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cliaṫ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 148 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cliath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== cliath f alternative form of clíth === Mutation === === References === == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Middle Irish clíath, from Proto-Celtic *kleitā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʰliə/ === Noun === cliath f (genitive singular clèithe, plural cliathan) grating, grid, lattice harrow shoal (of fish) ==== Synonyms ==== (shoal): sgaoth ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === cliath (past chliath, future cliathaidh, verbal noun cliathadh, past participle cliathte) harrow copulate (about birds) === Mutation === === Further reading === MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “cliath”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page cliath