cladh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish clad (“ditch, trench”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /klˠəi/

Noun

cladh m (genitive singular claidh, nominative plural claidh)

  1. (literary) ditch, trench
  2. (literary) earthwork

Declension
Declension of cladh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cladh claidh
Vocative a chlaidh a chladha
Genitive claidh cladh
Dative cladh claidh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cladh na claidh
Genitive an chlaidh na gcladh
Dative leis an gcladh

don chladh

 leis na claidh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cladh chladh gcladh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish clad (“ditch, trench”).

Noun

cladh m (genitive singular cladha or claidh, plural cladhan)

  1. graveyard, churchyard, cemetery, burial ground

Etymology 2

Noun

cladh m (genitive singular cladha, plural cladhan)

  1. verbal noun of cladh
  2. spawn

Verb

cladh (past chladh, future cladhaidh, verbal noun cladh, past participle cladhte)

  1. spawn
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