cleragh
Manx
noun
Definitions
- cleric, clerk, scrivener
- (Christianity) cleric, mass-server
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish cléirech (clerk, cleric) derived from Latin clēricus (one ordained for religious services) derived from Ancient Greek κληρικός (of the clergy).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κληρικός
Gloss
of the clergy
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cleric English
- clericalis Latin
- clericia Latin
- clericus Latin
- clēricus Latin
- clēricātus Latin
- klerk Dutch, Flemish
- κληρικός Ancient Greek
- κλῆρος Ancient Greek
- *kald- Proto-Indo-European
- clerc Old English
- cléireach Irish
- clerc Old French
- kleriko Esperanto
- crego Galician
- kleriko Ido
- cléirech Old Irish
- clèireach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- cleree Manx
- clerk Manx
- fo-chleragh Manx
- gv Manx
- shamyr Manx
- shamyr chleree Manx
- clerigo Old Portuguese
- clerc Old Occitan
- clerigo Old Spanish