clabhta

Irish

Alternative forms

  • clabht, clamhta, clobhta, clúta

Etymology

From English clout. The Ulster form clúta was borrowed from Scots cloot, clout. The sense “cloud” may have been borrowed independently and then assimilated to this word.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklˠaut̪ˠə/

Noun

clabhta m (genitive singular clabhta, nominative plural clabhtaí)

  1. clout, blow (with the hand), sock (violent blow, punch)
  2. clodhopper, lout (clumsy, awkward or boorish person)
  3. chunk (of bread)
  4. cloud (visible mass of water droplets)

Declension

Declension of clabhta (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative clabhta clabhtaí
vocative a chlabhta a chlabhtaí
genitive clabhta clabhtaí
dative clabhta clabhtaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an clabhta na clabhtaí
genitive an chlabhta na gclabhtaí
dative leis an gclabhta
don chlabhta 		leis na clabhtaí

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of clabhta
radical lenition eclipsis
clabhta chlabhta gclabhta

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

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “claḃta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 197; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clabhta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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