cluasach

Irish

Etymology

From cluas (“ear”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cluasach (genitive singular masculine cluasaigh, genitive singular feminine cluasaí, plural cluasacha, comparative cluasaí)

1. having ears
   1. aural
   2. long-eared, flap-eared
2. dog-eared (of a book)

Declension

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

• 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

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cluasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cluasach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cluasach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From cluas (“ear”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cluasach

1. having large ears
2. ansated, having handles

Derived terms

• comhachag-chluasach (“short-eared owl”)

Mutation

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.