clúid

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish clúit (“shelter, recess”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“cover”) or its extension *ḱley- (“cover”) (compare Old English hleō (“shelter”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl̪ˠuːdʲ/, /klˠuːdʲ/

Noun

clúid f (genitive singular clúide, nominative plural clúideacha)

1. nook, corner

   Synonym: cúinne

2. chimney corner, inglenook
3. cover, covering
4. recess (place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion)

Declension

Declension of clúid

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative clúid clúideacha Vocative a chlúid a chlúideacha Genitive clúide clúideacha Dative clúid clúideacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chlúid na clúideacha Genitive na clúide na gclúideacha Dative leis an gclúid don chlúid leis na clúideacha

Derived terms

• clúid a bheith agat duit féin (“to have a home of one’s own”, literally “to have a chimney corner of one's own”)
• clúid oighir (“ice sheet”)
• faoi chlúid (“under cover”)
• gach cearn is clúid (“every nook and cranny”)
• i do chlúid (“in one's arms (e.g. a baby)”)

 

Related terms

• clúdach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
clúid	chlúid	gclúid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clúit”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “clúid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 153
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clúid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN