clastach

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Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλαστός (klastós, “broken in pieces”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

clastach (genitive singular masculine clastaigh, genitive singular feminine clastaí, plural clastacha, not comparable)

  1. (geology) clastic

Declension

Declension of clastach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative clastach chlastach clastacha;
chlastacha2
vocative chlastaigh clastacha
genitive clastaí clastacha clastach
dative clastach;
chlastach1 		chlastach;
chlastaigh (archaic) 		clastacha;
chlastacha2
Comparative níos clastaí
Superlative is clastaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of clastach
radical lenition eclipsis
clastach chlastach gclastach

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

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