cloc

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Verb

cloc

1. first-person singular present indicative form of cloure

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Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin clocca (“bell”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleg- (“to cry, sound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kloɡ/

Noun

cloc m

1. bell
2. (by extension) clock

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cloc	clocL	cloicL
Vocative	cloic	clocL	clocuH
Accusative	clocN	clocL	clocuH
Genitive	cloicL	cloc	clocN
Dative	clocL	clocaib	clocaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• clocach
• clocán
• clocásach
• clocthech

 

Descendants

• Irish: clog
• Manx: clag
• Scottish Gaelic: clag

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cloc	chloc	cloc pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “cloc”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• Rudolf Thurneysen (1940, reprinted 2003)D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, page 87

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cloc m (genitive singular cloca, plural clocan or clocaichean)

1. Alternative form of gleoc

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Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English clok, clokke.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cloc m (plural clociau)

1. clock

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cloc	gloc	nghloc	chloc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.