clocásach

Irish

Etymology

From clogás (“belfry”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /klˠəˈkɑːsˠəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈklˠɔkɑːsˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈklˠɔkasˠa(x)/

Adjective

clocásach (genitive singular masculine clocásaigh, genitive singular feminine clocásaí, plural clocásacha, not comparable)

1. (obsolete) towered, with a tower or belfry
   • c. 1485, Stair Ercuil ocus a Bás‎^[1]:

     Ocus docunnaic iarum cathair caem clocasach ⁊ na pilaidi rigdha roaille .i. Terracone a hainm-sidhe.

     And afterwards he saw a fair, towered city with its majestic, very beautiful palaces, Tarragona by name.

Declension

Declension of clocásach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	clocásach	chlocásach	clocásacha; chlocásacha²
Vocative	chlocásaigh		clocásacha
Genitive		clocásaí	clocásacha	clocásach
Dative	clocásach; chlocásach¹	chlocásach; chlocásaigh (archaic)	clocásacha; chlocásacha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
clocásach	chlocásach	gclocásach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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