claí

Irish

Alternative forms

• claidhe (obsolete)

Etymology

Originally a variant form of cladh, from Old Irish clad (“ditch, trench”)..

Pronunciation

• IPA: [klˠiː]

Noun

claí m (genitive claí, nominative plural claíocha)

1. dry-stone wall
2. ditch, dike

Declension

Declension of claí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative claí claíocha Vocative a chlaí a chlaíocha Genitive claí claíocha Dative claí claíocha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an claí na claíocha Genitive an chlaí na gclaíocha Dative leis an gclaí don chlaí leis na claíocha

Synonyms

• sconsa
• (wall): balla
• (ditch, dike): port, móta

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
claí	chlaí	gclaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.