clagh

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish cloch.

Pronunciation

(Northern) IPA^(key): /klax/
(Southern) IPA^(key): /klox/

Noun

clagh f (genitive singular cloaie, plural claghyn)

stone
(anatomy) testicle

Derived terms

ard-chlagh (“keystone”)
beayf-chlagh
clagh vullee (“capstone”)

Mutation

Mutation of *clagh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
clagh	chlagh	glagh

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

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Christopher Lewin (2020) Aspects of the historical phonology of Manx, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, →DOI, page 130

Further reading

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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