clogás
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom clog (“bell”) + cás (“case, container”).
Noun
editclogás m (genitive singular clogáis, nominative plural clogáis)
- bell tower, belfry
- c. 1480 The Gaelic Maundeville, Irish translation of John Mandeville's Travels
- tor álainn mur clogcás aran táob tíar di
- a fair tower for bells
- c. 1480 The Gaelic Maundeville, Irish translation of John Mandeville's Travels
Declension
editDeclension of clogás
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
edit- clocásach (“towered, with a tower or belfry”, adjective)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
clogás | chlogás | gclogás |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clogás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clocás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
edit- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “clogás”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “clogás”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024