cleacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish clechtaid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /clʲaxt̪ˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /clʲæxt̪ˠ/

Verb

cleacht (present analytic cleachtann, future analytic cleachtfaidh, verbal noun cleachtadh, past participle cleachta)

1. to perform habitually, be, become accustomed to
2. to practice

Conjugation

conjugation of cleacht (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	cleachtaim	cleachtann tú; cleachtair†	cleachtann sé, sí	cleachtaimid	cleachtann sibh	cleachtann siad; cleachtaid†	a chleachtann; a chleachtas / a gcleachtann*	cleachtar
	past	chleacht mé; chleachtas	chleacht tú; chleachtais	chleacht sé, sí	chleachtamar; chleacht muid	chleacht sibh; chleachtabhair	chleacht siad; chleachtadar	a chleacht / ar chleacht*	cleachtadh
	past habitual	chleachtainn / gcleachtainn‡‡	chleachtá / gcleachtᇇ	chleachtadh sé, sí / gcleachtadh sé, s퇇	chleachtaimis; chleachtadh muid / gcleachtaimis‡‡; gcleachtadh muid‡‡	chleachtadh sibh / gcleachtadh sibh‡‡	chleachtaidís; chleachtadh siad / gcleachtaidís‡‡; gcleachtadh siad‡‡	a chleachtadh / a gcleachtadh*	chleachtaí / gcleachta퇇
future		cleachtfaidh mé; cleachtfad	cleachtfaidh tú; cleachtfair†	cleachtfaidh sé, sí	cleachtfaimid; cleachtfaidh muid	cleachtfaidh sibh	cleachtfaidh siad; cleachtfaid†	a chleachtfaidh; a chleachtfas / a gcleachtfaidh*	cleachtfar
conditional		chleachtfainn / gcleachtfainn‡‡	chleachtfá / gcleachtfᇇ	chleachtfadh sé, sí / gcleachtfadh sé, s퇇	chleachtfaimis; chleachtfadh muid / gcleachtfaimis‡‡; gcleachtfadh muid‡‡	chleachtfadh sibh / gcleachtfadh sibh‡‡	chleachtfaidís; chleachtfadh siad / gcleachtfaidís‡‡; gcleachtfadh siad‡‡	a chleachtfadh / a gcleachtfadh*	chleachtfaí / gcleachtfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go gcleachta mé; go gcleachtad†	go gcleachta tú; go gcleachtair†	go gcleachta sé, sí	go gcleachtaimid; go gcleachta muid	go gcleachta sibh	go gcleachta siad; go gcleachtaid†	—	go gcleachtar
	past	dá gcleachtainn	dá gcleachtá	dá gcleachtadh sé, sí	dá gcleachtaimis; dá gcleachtadh muid	dá gcleachtadh sibh	dá gcleachtaidís; dá gcleachtadh siad	—	dá gcleachtaí
imperative		cleachtaim	cleacht	cleachtadh sé, sí	cleachtaimis	cleachtaigí; cleachtaidh†	cleachtaidís	—	cleachtar
verbal noun		cleachtadh
past participle		cleachta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cleacht	chleacht	gcleacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clechtaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cleacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN