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clois.

to hear

5 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

verb/klˠɔʃ//klɨʃ/Aran/kl̪ˠʊʃ/Cois-Fharraige
  1. to hear

    Munster
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish cloistid, apparently a conflation of coistid (“is silent, listens”) with clúas (“hearing”). Coistid is a late form of Old Irish con·túaisi. Cognate with Manx clasht and Scottish Gaelic claist. The past tense forms are suppletive and originally belonged to cluin, itself from Old Irish ro·cluinethar.

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