clais

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish clas.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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clais f (genitive singular claise, nominative plural claiseanna)

  1. groove, rut
  2. furrow
  3. ditch, trench
    Synonyms: díog, trinse
  4. drain
    Synonym: draein
  5. gutter
  6. channel

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
clais chlais gclais
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 353, page 121

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish clas.[1]

Noun

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clais f (genitive singular claise, plural claisean)

  1. groove, rut
  2. furrow
  3. ditch, trench
  4. drain
  5. gutter
  6. channel

Derived terms

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Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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Welsh

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Etymology

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Compare Old Irish clas.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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clais m (plural cleisau or cleisiau)

  1. bruise, contusion, weal
    Synonym: briw
    1. break, streak (esp. of day or dawn)
    2. lividly coloured spot
    3. streakiness (of marble)
  2. groove, rut, fissure
    Synonyms: agen, rhigol, rhych
    1. ditch, trench, rivulet
      Synonyms: ffos, ffrwd, nant
    2. lee (side of a ship or mountain sheltered from the wind)
  3. (botany) One of several flowering plants, including:
    1. field scabious
    2. Devil’s bit scabious
    3. clary
    4. dandelion

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
clais glais nghlais chlais
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “clais”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies