clais

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish clas.

Noun

clais f (genitive singular claise, nominative plural claiseanna)

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

Declension

Declension of clais

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative clais claiseanna Vocative a chlais a chlaiseanna Genitive claise claiseanna Dative clais claiseanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chlais na claiseanna Genitive na claise na gclaiseanna Dative leis an gclais don chlais leis na claiseanna

Mutation

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “clais”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 144
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “clais”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “clais”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish clas.

Noun

clais f (genitive singular claise, plural claisean)

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

Derived terms

• sruth-chlais (“canal”)

Mutation

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.

Further reading

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