clúmhach

Irish

Etymology

From clúmh +‎ -ach.

Adjective

clúmhach (genitive singular masculine clúmhaigh, genitive singular feminine clumhaí, plural clúmhacha, comparative clumhaí)

Declension

Declension of clumhach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	clumhach	chlumhach	clumhacha; chlumhacha²
Vocative	chlumhaigh	chlumhach	clumhacha
Genitive	chlumhaigh	clumhaí	clumhacha	clumhach
Dative	clumhach; chlumhach¹	chlumhach; chlumhaigh (archaic)	clumhacha; chlumhacha²
Comparative	níos clumhaí
Superlative	is clumhaí

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

muir chlúmhach f (“hairy caterpillar”)

Noun

clúmhach m (genitive singular clúmhaigh)

Synonym of clúmh (“down, feathers; hair (on body); down (on cheeks); fur, coat; foliage; egret”)
fluff, fuzz (of cloth)

Declension

Declension of clúmhach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	clúmhach
Vocative	a chlúmhaigh
Genitive	clúmhaigh
Dative	clúmhach

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an clúmhach
Genitive	an chlúmhaigh
Dative	leis an gclúmhach don chlúmhach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
clúmhach	chlúmhach	gclúmhach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clúmhach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “clúmhach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “clúmhach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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