clach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cloch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl̪ˠax/

Noun

clach f (genitive cloiche, dative cloich, plural clachan)

1. stone
2. rock
3. (unit of measure) stone

   clach bhuntàta ― a stone of potatoes

4. testicle

Derived terms

• clach na sùla (“eyeball”)
• clach-chinn (“headstone”)
• clach-chopair (“lapis lazuli”)
• clach-èiteig (“quartzite”)
• clach-ghainmhich (“sandstone”)
• clach-mhìle (“milestone”)
• Linn Ùr na Cloiche
• mar chloich às an adhar (“out of the blue”)
• urchair chloiche

 

Verb

clach (past chlach, future clachaidh, verbal noun clachadh, past participle clachte)

1. stone

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
clach	chlach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “clach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cloch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language