clostéip

Irish

Etymology

From clos- (audio) +‎ téip (tape). Calque of English audiotape.

Noun

clostéip f (genitive singular clostéipe, nominative plural clostéipeanna)

  1. audiotape
    Synonym: (familiar) téip

Declension

Declension of clostéip (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative clostéip clostéipeanna
vocative a chlostéip a chlostéipeanna
genitive clostéipe clostéipeanna
dative clostéip clostéipeanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chlostéip na clostéipeanna
genitive na clostéipe na gclostéipeanna
dative leis an gclostéip
don chlostéip
leis na clostéipeanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of clostéip
radical lenition eclipsis
clostéip chlostéip gclostéip

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • clostéip”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025