cladh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish clad (“ditch, trench”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klˠai/[1]

Noun

cladh m (genitive singular claidh, nominative plural claidh) (literary)

  1. ditch, trench
  2. earthwork

Declension

Declension of cladh (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cladh claidh
vocative a chlaidh a chladha
genitive claidh cladh
dative cladh claidh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cladh na claidh
genitive an chlaidh na gcladh
dative leis an gcladh
don chladh 		leis na claidh

Mutation

Mutated forms of cladh
radical lenition eclipsis
cladh chladh gcladh

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 153

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰl̪ˠɤɣ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish clad (“ditch, trench”).

Noun

cladh m (genitive singular cladha or claidh, plural cladhan)

  1. graveyard, churchyard, cemetery, burial ground

Etymology 2

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Noun

cladh m (genitive singular cladha, plural cladhan)

  1. verbal noun of cladh
  2. spawn

Verb

cladh (past chladh, future cladhaidh, verbal noun cladh, past participle cladhte)

  1. spawn
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