clocásach
Irish
Etymology
From clogás (“belfry”) + -ach.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
clocásach (genitive singular masculine clocásaigh, genitive singular feminine clocásaí, plural clocásacha, not comparable)
- (obsolete) towered, with a tower or belfry
- c. 1485, Stair Ercuil ocus a Bás
- Ocus docunnaic iarum cathair caem clocasach ⁊ na pilaidi rigdha roaille .i. Terracone a hainm-sidhe.
- And afterwards he saw a fair, towered city with its majestic, very beautiful palaces, Tarragona by name.
- Ocus docunnaic iarum cathair caem clocasach ⁊ na pilaidi rigdha roaille .i. Terracone a hainm-sidhe.
- c. 1485, Stair Ercuil ocus a Bás
Declension
Declension of clocásach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | clocásach | chlocásach | clocásacha; chlocásacha² | |
Vocative | chlocásaigh | clocásacha | ||
Genitive | clocásaí | clocásacha | clocásach | |
Dative | clocásach; chlocásach¹ |
chlocásach; chlocásaigh (archaic) |
clocásacha; chlocásacha² | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
clocásach | chlocásach | gclocásach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clocásach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language