cladach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cladach (“stony shore”).

Noun

cladach m (genitive singular cladaigh, nominative plural cladaí)

1. (geography) shore; beach

   Synonym: trá

2. (sailing, etc.) (rocky) foreshore

   Synonym: trá

3. (biology) littoral
4. bank; heap, quantity

Declension

Declension of cladach

Irregular

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cladach cladaí Vocative a chladach a chladaí Genitive cladaigh cladach Dative cladach cladaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cladach na cladaí Genitive an chladaigh na gcladach Dative leis an gcladach don chladach leis na cladaí

Derived terms

• cladach ardaithe (“raised beach”)
• cladach locha (“lake shore”)
• cladach (na) farraige (“(the) sea-shore”)
• cladach rónta (“shoal of seals”)
• cladach tine (“hearthstone; front of fireplace”)
• cois cladaigh (“by the (sea-)shore”)
• fo-chladach (“sublittoral”, noun)
• fo-chladachúil (“sublittoral”, adjective)
• iascaireacht chladaigh (“rock-fishing”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cladach	chladach	gcladach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cladach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cladach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cladach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cladach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cladach (“stony shore”).

Noun

cladach m (genitive singular cladaich, plural cladaichean)

1. 1. shore, coast
   2. beach

      Synonym: tràigh

2. anything scattered
3. sandy plain
4. channel of a river
5. death, destruction

Derived terms

• cladach leis m (“lee shore”)
• iolair-chladaich
• maor-cladaich

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
cladach	chladach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “cladach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cladach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language