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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish cloch.
Pronunciation
Noun
clach f (dative singular cloich, genitive singular cloiche, plural clachan)
- stone
- rock
- (unit of measure) stone
- clach bhuntàta ― a stone of potatoes
- testicle
Derived terms
Verb
clach (past chlach, future clachaidh, verbal noun clachadh, past participle clachte)
- stone
- Clach a' bhana-bhuidseach! ― Stone the witch!
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| clach |
chlach
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “clach”, 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), “cloch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language