cladh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish clad (“ditch, trench”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klˠai/

Noun

cladh m (genitive singular claidh, nominative plural claidh) (literary)

1. ditch, trench
2. earthwork

Declension

Declension of cladh (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cladh claidh vocative a chlaidh a chladha genitive claidh cladh dative cladh claidh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an cladh na claidh genitive an chlaidh na gcladh dative leis an gcladh don chladh leis na claidh

Related terms

• claí

Mutation

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cladh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰl̪ˠɤɣ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish clad (“ditch, trench”).

Noun

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

1. graveyard, churchyard, cemetery, burial ground

Etymology 2

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

Noun

cladh m (genitive singular cladha, plural cladhan)

1. verbal noun of cladh
2. spawn

Verb

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

1. spawn