clibirt

Irish

Alternative forms

• clibis, clipe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈclʲɪbʲəɾˠtʲ/

Noun

clibirt f (genitive singular clibirte, nominative plural clibirtí)

1. scrimmage
2. (rugby) scrum, scrummage

Declension

Declension of clibirt

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative clibirt clibirtí Vocative a chlibirt a chlibirtí Genitive clibirte clibirtí Dative clibirt clibirtí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chlibirt na clibirtí Genitive na clibirte na gclibirtí Dative leis an gclibirt don chlibirt leis na clibirtí

Derived terms

• leathchúlaí clibirte (“scrum-half”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
clibirt	chlibirt	gclibirt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “clibirt”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “clibirt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clibirt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 45