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.

Further reading

• “cliabhrach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cliaḃraċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 148
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cliabhrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN