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cluich

cluich

Irish

Verb

cluich (present analytic cluicheann, future analytic cluichfidh, verbal noun cluicheadh, past participle cluichte)

  1. chase
  2. turn, round up
  3. harass
  4. shoal

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cluich chluich gcluich
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cluiche.

Noun

cluich m (genitive singular cluiche, plural cluichean or cluicheachan or cluicheannan)

  1. play, game, pastime, sport
  2. funeral games, funeral rites, solemnities
  3. battle
  4. (school) vacation
  5. flirting
  6. gaming
  7. (theater) performance
  8. verbal noun of cluich
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish cluichigidir.

Verb

cluich (past chluich, future cluichidh, verbal noun cluich, past participle cluichte)

  1. play
    Chluich Seumas leis a' chlaidheamh. ― James played with the sword.