cladach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cladach (stony shore).

Noun

cladach m (genitive singular cladaigh, nominative plural cladaí)

  1. (geography) shore; beach
    Synonym: trá
  2. (sailing, etc.) (rocky) foreshore
    Synonym: trá
  3. (biology) littoral
  4. bank; heap, quantity

Declension

Derived terms

  • cladach ardaithe (raised beach)
  • cladach locha (lake shore)
  • cladach (na) farraige ((the) sea-shore)
  • cladach rónta (shoal of seals)
  • cladach tine (hearthstone; front of fireplace)
  • cois cladaigh (by the (sea-)shore)
  • fo-chladach (sublittoral, noun)
  • fo-chladachúil (sublittoral, adjective)
  • iascaireacht chladaigh (rock-fishing)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cladach chladach gcladach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cladach (stony shore).

Noun

cladach m (genitive singular cladaich, plural cladaichean)

    1. shore, coast
    2. beach
      Synonym: tràigh
  1. anything scattered
  2. sandy plain
  3. channel of a river
  4. death, destruction

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cladachchladach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cladach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 cladach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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