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Pronunciation
Verb cloc
first-person singular present indicative of cloure
Middle Irish
Etymology From Old Irish cloc Proto-Celtic *klokkos ( “ bell ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun cloc m
bell ( by extension ) clock
Derived terms
Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of cloc
radical
lenition
nasalization
cloc chloc cloc pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
Further reading
Old Irish
Etymology From Proto-Celtic *klokkos ( “ bell ” ) , probably imitative .
Pronunciation
Noun cloc m
bell ( by extension ) clock
Inflection
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
H = triggers aspirationL = triggers lenitionN = triggers nasalization
Descendants Middle Irish: cloc
→ Medieval Latin: clocca Padanian: Northern Gallo-Romance: → Proto-West Germanic: *klokkā see there for further descendants )
Mutation
Mutation of cloc
radical
lenition
nasalization
cloc chloc cloc pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
Further reading Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “cloc ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940 ) [1909 ] D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin , transl., A Grammar of Old Irish , Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen →ISBN 87 ; reprinted 2017
Scottish Gaelic
Noun cloc m genitive singular cloca plural clocan or clocaichean
Alternative form of gleoc
Welsh
Etymology Borrowed from Middle English clok clokke ( “ bell, clock ” ) . Doublet of cloch
Pronunciation
Noun cloc m plural clociau
clock
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.