cluasach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
cluasach (genitive singular masculine cluasaigh, genitive singular feminine cluasaí, plural cluasacha, comparative cluasaí)
Declension edit
Declension of cluasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cluasach | chluasach | cluasacha; chluasacha² | |
| Vocative | chluasaigh | cluasacha | ||
| Genitive | cluasaí | cluasacha | cluasach | |
| Dative | cluasach; chluasach¹ |
chluasach; chluasaigh (archaic) |
cluasacha; chluasacha² | |
| Comparative | níos cluasaí | |||
| Superlative | is cluasaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms edit
- caipín cluasach (“cap with ear-flaps”)
- casúr cluasach (“claw-hammer”)
- cluasachán (“long-eared person or animal”)
- cnó cluasach (“wing-nut”)
- foitheach cluasach (“Slavonian grebe”)
- scriú cluasach (“fly-nut”)
- tromán cluasach (“kettlebell”)
- ulchabhán cluasach (“horned owl”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cluasach | chluasach | gcluasach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cluasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “cluasach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cluasach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
cluasach
Derived terms edit
- comhachag-chluasach (“short-eared owl”)
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| cluasach | chluasach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |