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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cladach (“stony shore”).
Noun
cladach m (genitive singular cladaigh, nominative plural cladaí)
- (geography) shore; beach
- Synonym: trá
- (sailing, etc.) (rocky) foreshore
- Synonym: trá
- (biology) littoral
- bank; heap, quantity
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| cladach
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chladach
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gcladach
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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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References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cladach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cladach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cladach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cladach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish cladach (“stony shore”).
Noun
cladach m (genitive singular cladaich, plural cladaichean)
- shore, coast
- beach
- Synonym: tràigh
- anything scattered
- sandy plain
- channel of a river
- death, destruction
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| cladach |
chladach
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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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References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “cladach”, 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), “2 cladach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language