for the word "Fun" Ive heard Cleachtadh used by people I assume are native speakers.
And when I used it myself once or twice I was told it isint used for that meaning
e.g.
Bhí ana-chleachtadh agam aréir and Beidh cuileachta agat sa rang. (2nd is from Gaschaint)

However there is a similar word cuideachta, which the dictionarys say means fun, company , amusement.

Could it be that the two words have become confused, even by native speakers. Or that Cleachtadh can also mean fun ?

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Maybe, I haven't heard cleachtadh being used for fun!

I would translate the sentence above as being:

Now, cuileachta is the Munster form of cuideachta meaning fun, companionship!

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'Fun' is a noun, so wouldn't very fun be odd?

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There are several words in Munster where 'd' has become 'l', like dias and lias, cuideachta also being one, becoming cuileachta.

In Corca Dhuibhne, they tend to eliminate short vowels at the start of words like:

Barróg -> Bróg
Galánta -> glánta
mallacht -> mlacht

So cuileachta itself becomes cleachta.

Ana-chileachta to me would mean a good crowd and by extension good craic.

An raibh ana-chleachta aréir, a mhic? - Was there good fun/ a good crowd last night?

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The dialect I use is Cork Irish.
Ar sgáth a chéile a mhairid na daoine, lag agus láidir, uasal is íseal

That's quite a common construction in Irish. For example "Bhain mé an-sult as an deireadh seachtaine."

In English, of course, "fun" can be a noun or an adjective.

Redwolf

Yeah, like saying you got good fun out of the weekend

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so the translation in Gaschaint of "you will have fun in class" for "Beidh cuileachta agat sa rang"
isint realy correct, or at least misleading. really it should be "you will have company" or "you will have great company " in order to indicate that the company will be fun and enjoyable ?

I think its in section 18 of that book, if ye have it and are curious. Cant find my copy, think I lent it to someone again and never got it back. Hate that.

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So if cuileachta = cuideachta, and cuideachta means 1) company and 2) social amusement or fun, it seems like that would be right enough?

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