clois

See also: clóis and Clois

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cloisid, cloistid, apparently a conflation of coistid (“is silent, listens”) with clúas (“hearing”). Coistid is a late form of con·túaisi, from Proto-Celtic *tausos (“silent”) (compare Old Irish tóe (“silent”), Welsh taw (“be silent”)), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂ws- (“still, silent”) (compare Sanskrit तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm, “silently”). Clos is related to clúas (“hearing, ear”), from Proto-Celtic *kloustā (“hearing, ear”) (compare Welsh clust), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewst- (compare Old English hlyst (“hearing”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”).

The past tense forms are suppletive and originally belonged to cluin, itself from Old Irish ro·cluinethar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klˠɔʃ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /klɨʃ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /kl̪ˠʊʃ/

Verb

clois (present analytic cloiseann, future analytic cloisfidh, verbal noun cloisteáil, past participle cloiste)

1. (Munster, parts of Connacht) to hear

Conjugation

conjugation of clois (irregular)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	cloisim	cloiseann tú; cloisir†	cloiseann sé, sí	cloisimid; cloiseann muid	cloiseann sibh	cloiseann siad; cloisid†	a chloiseann; a chloiseas / a gcloiseann*; a gcloiseas*	cloistear
	past	chuala mé; chualas	chuala tú; chualais	chuala sé, sí	chualamar; chuala muid	chuala sibh; chualabhair	chuala siad; chualadar	a chuala / ar chuala*	chualathas
	past habitual	chloisinn / gcloisinn‡‡	chloisteá / gcloisteᇇ	chloiseadh sé, sí / gcloiseadh sé, s퇇	chloisimis; chloiseadh muid / gcloisimis‡‡; gcloiseadh muid‡‡	chloiseadh sibh / gcloiseadh sibh‡‡	chloisidís; chloiseadh siad / gcloisidís‡‡; gcloiseadh siad‡‡	a chloiseadh / a gcloiseadh*	chloistí / gcloist퇇
future		cloisfidh mé; cloisfead	cloisfidh tú; cloisfir†	cloisfidh sé, sí	cloisfimid; cloisfidh muid	cloisfidh sibh	cloisfidh siad; cloisfid†	a chloisfidh, a chloisfeas / a gcloisfidh*, a gcloisfeas*	cloisfear
conditional		chloisfinn / gcloisfinn‡‡	chloisfeá / gcloisfeᇇ	chloisfeadh sé, sí / gcloisfeadh sé, s퇇	chloisfimis; chloisfeadh muid / gcloisfimis‡‡; gcloisfeadh muid‡‡	chloisfeadh sibh / gcloisfeadh sibh‡‡	chloisfidís; chloisfeadh siad / gcloisfidís‡‡; gcloisfeadh siad‡‡	a chloisfeadh / a gcloisfeadh*	chloisfí / gcloisf퇇
subjunctive	present	go gcloise mé; go gcloisead†	go gcloise tú; go gcloisir†	go gcloise sé, sí	go gcloisimid; go gcloise muid	go gcloise sibh	go gcloise siad; go gcloisid†	—	go gcloistear
	past	dá gcloisinn	dá gcloisteá	dá gcloiseadh sé, sí	dá gcloisimis; dá gcloiseadh muid	dá gcloiseadh sibh	dá gcloisidís; dá gcloiseadh siad	—	dá gcloistí
imperative		cloisim	clois	cloiseadh sé, sí	cloisimis	cloisigí; cloisidh†	cloisidís	—	cloistear
verbal noun		cloisteáil, cloisint, cloistin, cloistint
past participle		cloiste

*indirect relative
† dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Synonyms

• cluin (Ulster; parts of Connacht)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
clois	chlois	gclois
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cloisim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clois”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɔi̯s/

Verb

clois

1. first-person singular preterite of cloi

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
clois	glois	nghlois	chlois
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.