clab

Irish

Noun

clab m (genitive singular claib, nominative plural clabanna)

1. Open mouth, gob

   Dún do chlab! ― Shut your gob!

2. Large, thick-lipped mouth
3. Garrulity

Declension

Declension of clab

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative clab clabanna Vocative a chlab a chlabanna Genitive claib clabanna Dative clab clabanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an clab na clabanna Genitive an chlaib na gclabanna Dative leis an gclab don chlab leis na clabanna

Derived terms

• clabach
• clabaire

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clab”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN