aclaí

Irish

Alternative forms

• aicillí

Etymology

From Old Irish aclaide (“gentle, kind”). Compare aclaigh (“limber, exercise; flex, soften”, transitive verb).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈaklˠi/

Adjective

aclaí

1. supple, limber, agile
2. smooth, flexible
3. adroit

Derived terms

• aclaíocht f (“suppleness, agility; exercise; adroitness”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aclaí	n-aclaí	haclaí	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aclaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 aclaide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “aclaí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “aclaí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46