clach

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cloch.

Pronunciation

Noun

clach f (dative singular cloich, genitive singular cloiche, plural clachan)

  1. stone
  2. rock
  3. (unit of measure) stone
    clach bhuntàta ― a stone of potatoes
  4. testicle

Declension

Declension of clach (class IIa feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative clach clachan
genitive cloiche chlach
dative cloich clachan; clachaibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (a') chlach (na) clachan
genitive (na) cloiche (nan) clach
dative (a') chloich (na) clachan; clachaibh✝
vocative chlach chlacha

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

  • Alternative genitive singular: cloicheadh (Harris, Uist, Barra)

Derived terms

Verb

clach (past chlach, future clachaidh, verbal noun clachadh, past participle clachte)

  1. stone
    Clach a' bhana-bhuidseach! ― Stone the witch!

Mutation

Mutation of clach
radical lenition
clach chlach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “clach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cloch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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