claí

See also: clai and clăi

Irish

Originally a variant form of cladh, from Old Irish clad (“ditch, trench”).

(Galway) IPA^(key): /klˠai/^[1], (Cois Fharraige) /kl̪ˠai/ (corresponding to the form cladh)
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /klˠiə/^[2] (corresponding to the form claidhe)

claí m (genitive singular claí, nominative plural claíocha)

Declension of claí (fourth declension)

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an claí	na claíocha
genitive	an chlaí	na gclaíocha
dative	leis an gclaí don chlaí	leis na claíocha

Mutated forms of *claí*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
claí	chlaí	gclaí

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

^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 153
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 165, page 62

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