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  1. clé
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: An lámh chlé, the left hand. Ar do chlé, to your left.
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  2. cleacht
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: Practise, accustom oneself to. An saol a chleacht mé, the life I was accustomed to. Chleacht sé as a óige é, he took it (trade etc.) up when he was young and has kept at it since. Níor chleacht mé riamh é, I have never made a habit of it. Ná cleacht duit féin i dtús do shaoil... Do not get into the habit... at the beginning of your career. Ní h-é a chleacht mé, I am not used to it. Cleachtadh dó as a leanbaíocht é, he was trained to it from his childhood. Prov: An té nach gcleachtann triubhais cacfaidh sé ionnta, he who does not practise his work, trade, will make a bad job of it.
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  3. cleachtadh
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): habit, custom, wont, practice, experience
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: Níl cleachtadh aige air, he is not used to it. Ná déan cleachtadh de, do not make a habit of it.
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  4. cleachtuighthe
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): accustomed
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: Tá mé breá cleachttha leis, I am well used to it.
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  5. cleamhnaí
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): one related to a person by marriage
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  6. cleamhnas
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): marriage, affinity, alliance by marriage
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: Ag déanamh cleamhnais, matchmaking. Tá sé ina gcleamhnas, he is related to them by marriage. Rinneadh cleamhnas dó, a match was made for him. Máire an Chleamhnais, Mary the Matchmaker.
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  7. cleas
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): a play, a game, a feat, device, trick, craft
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: Cleas a imirt ar dhuine, to play a trick on a person. D’éirigh an cleas céanna domsa, the same thing happened me. Sin droch-chleas a rinne tú, that was a wrong thing for you to do. Tá cleas air, there is a knack in it, a special way of doing it. Ag imirt a gcleas(a) dh’aontaoibh, working hand in hand, co-operating. Lucht cleas, jugglers.
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  8. cleasach
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): tricky, wily, playful
    Sampla(í) Úsáide: Is cleasach an peata an saol, Life can play many tricks on us.
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  9. cleasaí
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): actor, juggler, trickster
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  10. cleasaíocht
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA): artifice, intrigue, play-acting
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