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  1. Iontráil:
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA):
    joke, trick
    Sampla(í) Úsáide:
    Dh'imir (jimir') sé cleas air. - He played a trick (joke) on him.
  2. Iontráil:
    Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA):
    trick, practical joke, lark
    Sampla(í) Úsáide:
    Dh'imir sé clais air. - He played a trick on him. Ní raibh ann ach cleas magadh. - .i. a funny trick.
  3. Iontráil:
    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.
  4. Iontráil:
    Sampla(í) Úsáide:
    ní rabh cor ná cleas as, he remained very quiet and well behaved, never stirred
  5. Iontráil:
    Sampla(í) Úsáide:
    ní rabh cor ná cleas as, (the boy) was very quiet and well conducted in a strange house
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