cliabhrach

Irish

Alternative forms
  • cliabhlach, cliabhradh

Etymology

From cliabh (“ribbed frame; body, chest”)

Pronunciation
  • (Munster, Galway) IPA(key): /ˈclʲiəvˠɾˠəx/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈclʲiəwɾˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈclʲiəwɾˠa(x)/

Noun

cliabhrach m (genitive singular cliabhraigh, nominative plural cliabhraigh)

  1. chest, thorax (region of the mammalian body)

Declension
Declension of cliabhrach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cliabhrach cliabhraigh
Vocative a chliabhraigh a chliabhracha
Genitive cliabhraigh cliabhrach
Dative cliabhrach cliabhraigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cliabhrach na cliabhraigh
Genitive an chliabhraigh na gcliabhrach
Dative leis an gcliabhrach

don chliabhrach

 leis na cliabhraigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cliabhrach chliabhrach gcliabhrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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