cliste

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cliste (“ready, quick”), from Proto-Celtic *kel-, of uncertain origin, perhaps Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to drive”) similar to Latin celer (“swift, quick”). However, compare cleas (“trick, feat”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʲlʲɪʃtʲə/

Adjective

cliste (genitive singular masculine cliste, genitive singular feminine cliste, plural cliste, not comparable)

1. clever

   Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste. (proverb)

   Better broken Irish than clever English.

Declension

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cliste	chliste	cliste; chliste²
Vocative	chliste		cliste
Genitive		cliste	cliste	cliste
Dative	cliste; chliste¹	chliste	cliste; chliste²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Declension of cliste

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

cliste m

1. genitive singular of cliseadh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cliste	chliste	gcliste
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “clis”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN