# cleacht
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish clechtaid.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /clʲaxt̪ˠ/
* (Cois Fharraige) IPA: /clʲæxt̪ˠ/

### Verb

cleacht (present analytic cleachtann, future analytic cleachtfaidh, verbal noun cleachtadh, past participle cleachta)
* to perform habitually, be, become accustomed to
* to practice

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | cleachtaim | cleachtann tú; cleachtair$^†$ | cleachtann sé, sí | cleachtaimid | cleachtann sibh | cleachtann siad; cleachtaid$^†$ | a chleachtann; a chleachtas / a gcleachtann* | cleachtar |
| indicative | past | chleacht mé; chleachtas | chleacht tú; chleachtais | chleacht sé, sí | chleachtamar; chleacht muid | chleacht sibh; chleachtabhair | chleacht siad; chleachtadar | a chleacht / ar chleacht* | cleachtadh |
| indicative | past habitual | chleachtainn / gcleachtainn‡‡ | chleachtá / gcleachtá‡‡ | chleachtadh sé, sí / gcleachtadh sé, sí‡‡ | chleachtaimis; chleachtadh muid / gcleachtaimis‡‡; gcleachtadh muid‡‡ | chleachtadh sibh / gcleachtadh sibh‡‡ | chleachtaidís; chleachtadh siad / gcleachtaidís‡‡; gcleachtadh siad‡‡ | a chleachtadh / a gcleachtadh* | chleachtaí / gcleachtaí‡‡ |
| future | future | cleachtfaidh mé; cleachtfad | cleachtfaidh tú; cleachtfair$^†$ | cleachtfaidh sé, sí | cleachtfaimid; cleachtfaidh muid | cleachtfaidh sibh | cleachtfaidh siad; cleachtfaid$^†$ | a chleachtfaidh; a chleachtfas / a gcleachtfaidh* | cleachtfar |
| conditional | conditional | chleachtfainn / gcleachtfainn‡‡ | chleachtfá / gcleachtfá‡‡ | chleachtfadh sé, sí / gcleachtfadh sé, sí‡‡ | chleachtfaimis; chleachtfadh muid / gcleachtfaimis‡‡; gcleachtfadh muid‡‡ | chleachtfadh sibh / gcleachtfadh sibh‡‡ | chleachtfaidís; chleachtfadh siad / gcleachtfaidís‡‡; gcleachtfadh siad‡‡ | a chleachtfadh / a gcleachtfadh* | chleachtfaí / gcleachtfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go gcleachta mé; go gcleachtad$^†$ | go gcleachta tú; go gcleachtair$^†$ | go gcleachta sé, sí | go gcleachtaimid; go gcleachta muid | go gcleachta sibh | go gcleachta siad; go gcleachtaid$^†$ | — | go gcleachtar |
| subjunctive | past | dá gcleachtainn | dá gcleachtá | dá gcleachtadh sé, sí | dá gcleachtaimis; dá gcleachtadh muid | dá gcleachtadh sibh | dá gcleachtaidís; dá gcleachtadh siad | — | dá gcleachtaí |
| imperative | imperative | cleachtaim | cleacht | cleachtadh sé, sí | cleachtaimis | cleachtaigí; cleachtaidh$^†$ | cleachtaidís | — | cleachtar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | cleachtadh | cleachtadh | cleachtadh | cleachtadh | cleachtadh | cleachtadh | cleachtadh | cleachtadh |
| past participle | past participle | cleachta | cleachta | cleachta | cleachta | cleachta | cleachta | cleachta | cleachta |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clechtaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cleacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN