v (1 clecht) is or becomes accustomed to; accustoms
oneself to; of people, is accustomed to, frequents, consorts
with; of a calling, practises, plies.
(a) With personal noun or
pronoun: conidh misgaisiu lasna tuathaibh na tigerna
clechtait forru innat na tigernada aili whom they are accustomed to have over them,
CCath. 5107
(ticcernuidhe, v.l.).
is misi . . . ra chleachtsad ant oireacht-sa orra,
TTebe 839
.
tig i láimh an tí chleachtas / an seabhac 'gá mbí aithne
to whom he is accustomed(?),
Measgra D. 25.21
. an t-aos cumtha nár chleacht sinn whom I have not frequented,
KMMisc.
242 § 6
.
seachain sgéulta fábhuill . . . ┐ cleachd thú féin do
chum díaghachda,
1 Timothy iv 7
.
(b) With noun or noun-phrase: amal clechtait a n-urcharu
(gl. ut soleant iacula) as they are accustomed (to hurl),
Gild. Lor. 81
. is esside toisech ro clecht cruit ┐ organ who first
used,
Rawl. 69b25
(
BB 11a11
). Cf.
b23
.
F. . . . roda clecht
claideb,
LU 5566
(TBC, rhet.)
nír chlecht góe,
LL 3245
.
na cleacht cumann re duine cainntech `do not keep company
with a chatterer',
Ériu v 134.69
. na cleacht do lebend do Lurc
/ . . . / na leic cnoc Cairmaic do Curc `let not thy platform
become accustomed to Lorc',
Cog. 124.14
.
do coimhēt slāinte
dom' ḟlaith / clechtad farrad (.i. linn) maith is fin,
ZCP v
489 § 14
(B. na f.). slán úaim don ceird clechtaim féin which
I practice,
Eg. 88, 19b2
(cited Meyer Contribb.). a coimleaba
do-clechtsum we were wont to share his couch,
Prolegomena
45 § 19
.
do chleachtais fleadh is fiadhach,
DDána 68.20
.
an
cádhus do chleacht idir `to which she was ever used',
Studies
1923, 421 § 3
.
cá talamh do chleacht,
Oss. vi 168.z
. na
garma chleachtar anois, mar atá barún, bhíocont, iarla . . .
that are used,
Keat. iii 123
. amhuil damh nar chleachd an
chuing (was unaccustomed to),
Jeremiah xxxi 18
.
treise ag cath
eachtrann oruibh / a Leath Cuinn, nir chleachtobhair,
Aithd. D. 39.5
.
altrannas i gcéin cleachtfad I shall practise,
DDána
66.10
. cairdi do dhola ar a ndíol / . . . nír chleacht cliar
were not accustomed to having their reward postponed,
O'Hara
2681
. Cf. int shoillsi edrocht . . . indi nar cleachtadar daib
the thing to which they had not accustomed themselves(?),
YBL
151b43
.
(c) With vn., quasi-Vn. or vn. phrase:
cléchtait méirlig
. . . atréb and,
Trip.² 1846
.
no chlechtatis na genti saerad a
mogad isin sechtmad bliadain,
Lat. Lives 59.13
(solebant).
conclechtaimse (? leg. co clechtaimse) cairmteoracht . . .
nad clechta err óencharpait do imluad ar m'ési,
LU 8505
(rhet.).
mar ar clecht bronnad i[n] buair,
Ériu x 84 § 73
.
im cech mi-gním . . . ro-clechtsat,
PH 4160
.
clechtait doine
a thadall ┐ a póccad,
Petrie, Round Towers 435
(
LB 158a18
).
ca crich as ar cemnigis ┐ ca cele ca clechtaidh (?leg. -ais) do
comluigi,
RC i 48.30
.
trenachaur no chlechtad claide,
LL
20658
(hypermetric, ?leg. tren caur). nu gu clecht sí a sírsborad until it has grown accustomed to constant spurring,
Ériu iv 214 § 12
.
fuarattar an míol mór isin ionadh ina
cclectadh beith,
BNnÉ 70 § 118
. Inis Chuinn do chleacht
leónadh `that hath been practised in suffering',
Studies 1921,
75 § 16
.
(d) Folld. by prep. With AR (FOR): a chu chleachtas ar
cnamaibh who is wont to be . . . ,
IT iii 85 § 84
(
BB 291b19
).
?
a mmag forclechtat int ṡlúaig,
Imr. Brain § 5
(conclechtot,
v.l. see RIA Dict. F col. 322.32) =
for-clechat,
ZCP xviii
411 § 5
.
'san chnoc-sa rochleachtastair,
Metr. Dinds. iii 54.20
.
an fhoighide . . . / gloineide an chlí i gcleachdainn-se,
DDána
55.3
. cuiced Lagen . . . / i[n]ar chlecht cach dagfer dían
in which used to dwell,
LL 4177
. cleachtmaoid a ccuasaibh
carrach `we frequent',
Atlantis iv 136.32
.
With OC: is ingen Chathaīr ro chlecht / . . . coa timthirecht
used to be ministering to them,
Fing. R. 665
. ag síol Cheallaigh
'gar chleacht mé with whom I was wont to be,
DDána 77.21
.
ar Mhuiris gCliach 'gar chleachtas,
67.32
.
In impers. construction: mar sin nár clechtadh d'U Cháimh
/ cliar ó thosaig d' a tatháir Ó C. was not accustomed to being
censured,
Ériu iv 216 § 13
. do cleachtadh dháibh fíon d'ibhe
/ do láimh ríogh `they were wont',
Studies 1924, 241 § 2
.
iar
gcaill an tearmainn ┐ an tsochair do cleachtaoi leó d'fhaghbháil ó Ghaedhealaibh,
Keat. i 84.y
. an ré do chleachtadh i
dtalamh Éireamhóin that used to be the practice (?),
Hackett
xxxiv 4
(`as a custom'), Gloss.).