clúid

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish clúit (“shelter, recess”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“cover”) or its extension *ḱley- (“cover”) (compare Old English hleō (“shelter”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kl̪ˠuːdʲ/, /klˠuːdʲ/

Noun

clúid f (genitive singular clúide, nominative plural clúideacha)

  1. nook, corner
    Synonym: cúinne
  2. chimney corner, inglenook
  3. cover, covering
  4. recess (place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion)

Declension
Declension of clúid

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative clúid clúideacha
Vocative a chlúid a chlúideacha
Genitive clúide clúideacha
Dative clúid clúideacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chlúid na clúideacha
Genitive na clúide na gclúideacha
Dative leis an gclúid

don chlúid

 leis na clúideacha

Derived terms
  • clúid a bheith agat duit féin (“to have a home of one’s own”, literally “to have a chimney corner of one's own”)
  • clúid oighir (“ice sheet”)
  • faoi chlúid (“under cover”)
  • gach cearn is clúid (“every nook and cranny”)
  • i do chlúid (“in one's arms (e.g. a baby)”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
clúid chlúid gclúid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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