"cleasach" meaning in Irish

See cleasach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈclʲasˠəx/ [Connacht, Munster], /ˈclʲasˠa(x)/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish clesach. By surface analysis, cleas (“trick; feat; knack; act”) + -ach (adjectival suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|clesach}} Old Irish clesach, {{surf|ga|cleas|-ach|gloss1=trick; feat; knack; act|pos=adjective|pos2=adjectival suffix}} By surface analysis, cleas (“trick; feat; knack; act”) + -ach (adjectival suffix) Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective|genitive singular masculine|cleasaigh|genitive singular feminine|cleasaí||{{{gsf2}}}|plural|cleasacha||{{{pl2}}}|comparative|cleasaí|||head=}} cleasach (genitive singular masculine cleasaigh, genitive singular feminine cleasaí, plural cleasacha, comparative cleasaí), {{ga-adj|comp=cleasaí|gsf=cleasaí|gsm=cleasaigh|pl=~a}} cleasach (genitive singular masculine cleasaigh, genitive singular feminine cleasaí, plural cleasacha, comparative cleasaí) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: cleasaigh [genitive, masculine, singular], cleasaí [feminine, genitive, singular], cleasacha [plural], cleasaí [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], cleasach [masculine, nominative, singular], chleasach [feminine, nominative, singular], cleasacha [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], chleasacha [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], chleasaigh [masculine, singular, vocative], chleasach [feminine, singular, vocative], cleasacha [error-unrecognized-form, plural, vocative], chleasaigh [genitive, masculine, singular], cleasaí [feminine, genitive, singular], cleasacha [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], cleasach [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], cleasach [dative, masculine, singular], chleasach [dative, masculine, singular], chleasach [dative, feminine, singular], chleasaigh [archaic, dative, feminine, singular], cleasacha [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], chleasacha [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], níos cleasaí [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], is cleasaí [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], cleasach [error-unrecognized-form], chleasach [error-unrecognized-form], gcleasach [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. playful
    Sense id: en-cleasach-ga-adj-5gC9qLe4 Categories (other): Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach: 55 45 Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45
  2. tricky, crafty
    Sense id: en-cleasach-ga-adj-aPwxwd9f Categories (other): Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach: 55 45 Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cleasaí (english: playful person or animal; trickster, crafty person; juggler; acrobat; joker) [masculine], cleasaíocht (english: (act of) playing, tricking; playfulness, trickery; (act of) juggling; dexterous feats, acrobatics) [feminine] 
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Download raw JSONL data for cleasach meaning in Irish (4.8kB)

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    "cleasach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "cleasach",
  "trace": ""
}

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