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cladh

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish clad (ditch, trench).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cladh m (genitive singular claidh, nominative plural claidh)

  1. (literary) ditch, trench
  2. (literary) earthwork

Declension

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Declension of cladh (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cladh claidh
vocative a chlaidh a chladha
genitive claidh cladh
dative cladh claidh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cladh na claidh
genitive an chlaidh na gcladh
dative leis an gcladh
don chladh
leis na claidh
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Mutation

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Mutated forms of cladh
radical lenition eclipsis
cladh chladh gcladh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish clad (ditch, trench).

Noun

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cladh m (genitive singular cladha or claidh, plural cladhan)

  1. graveyard, churchyard, cemetery, burial ground

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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cladh m (genitive singular cladha, plural cladhan)

  1. verbal noun of cladh
  2. spawn

Verb

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cladh (past chladh, future cladhaidh, verbal noun cladh, past participle cladhte)

  1. spawn