cliath fhuirste

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /kʲlʲiˈɔɾˠsˠtʲə/[1]

Noun

cliath fhuirste f (genitive singular cléithe fuirste, nominative plural cliatha fuirste)

  1. harrow (device dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil)

Declension
Declension of cliath fhuirste

Second declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cliath fhuirste cliatha fuirste
Vocative a chliath fhuirste a chliatha fuirste
Genitive cléithe fuirste cliath fuirste
Dative cliath fhuirste
cléith fhuirste (archaic, dialectal)		 cliatha fuirste

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chliath fhuirste na cliatha fuirste
Genitive na cléithe fuirste na gcliath fuirste
Dative leis an gcliath fhuirste
leis an gcléith fhuirste (archaic, dialectal)

don chliath fhuirste
don chléith fhuirste (archaic, dialectal)		 leis na cliatha fuirste

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 98

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