claí
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Originally a variant form of cladh, from Old Irish clad (“ditch, trench”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klˠiː/
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Noun
claí m (genitive singular claí, nominative plural claíocha)
Declension
Declension of claí
- Alternative plurals: claíonna (Cois Fharraige), clathacha (Cork)
Derived terms
- bíonn cluasa ar na claíocha (“walls have ears”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| claí | chlaí | gclaí |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “claí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “claide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “claí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “claí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024