claí
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Irish
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally a variant form of cladh, from Old Irish clad (“ditch, trench”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Aran) IPA(key): /klai/ (corresponding to the form cladh)[1]
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /kl̪ˠai/ (corresponding to the form cladh)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /klˠiə/, /kl̪ˠiə/ (corresponding to the form claidhe)[2]
Noun
[edit]claí m (genitive singular claí, nominative plural claíocha)
Declension
[edit]Declension of claí
- Alternative plurals: claíonna (Cois Fharraige), clathacha (Cork)
Derived terms
[edit]- bíonn cluasa ar na claíocha (“walls have ears”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| claí | chlaí | gclaí |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 153
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 62
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “claí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “claide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “claiḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 143
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “claí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “claí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024