clogás

Irish

Alternative forms

• cloccás, clogáss, clogcás, clogchás (obsolete)

Etymology

From clog (“bell”) +‎ cás (“case, container”).

Noun

clogás m (genitive singular clogáis, nominative plural clogáis)

1. bell tower, belfry
   • c. 1480 The Gaelic Maundeville, Irish translation of John Mandeville's Travels

     tor álainn mur clogcás aran táob tíar di

     a fair tower for bells

Declension

Declension of clogás

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative clogás clogáis Vocative a chlogáis a chlogása Genitive clogáis clogás Dative clogás clogáis

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an clogás na clogáis Genitive an chlogáis na gclogás Dative leis an gclogás don chlogás leis na clogáis

Derived terms

• clocásach (“towered, with a tower or belfry”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
clogás	chlogás	gclogás
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “clogás”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “clogás”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clogás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clocás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language