clóca

See also: cloca and clocá

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English cloke, from Old Northern French cloque (“traveling cloak”), from Medieval Latin clocca (“travelers' cape”, literally “a bell”), so called from the garment’s bell-like shape, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos. Doublet of clog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkl̪ˠoːkə/, /ˈklˠoːkə/

Noun

clóca m (genitive singular clóca, nominative plural clócaí)

1. cloak, cape

   Synonym: brat

Declension

Declension of clóca

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative clóca clócaí Vocative a chlóca a chlócaí Genitive clóca clócaí Dative clóca clócaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an clóca na clócaí Genitive an chlóca na gclócaí Dative leis an gclóca don chlóca leis na clócaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
clóca	chlóca	gclóca
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clóca”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “clóca”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 149
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clóca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 42