clocásach

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Irish

Etymology

From clogás (“belfry”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

clocásach (genitive singular masculine clocásaigh, genitive singular feminine clocásaí, plural clocásacha, not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) towered, with a tower or belfry
    • c. 1485, Stair Ercuil ocus a Bás‎:
      Ocus docunnaic iarum cathair caem clocasach ⁊ na pilaidi rigdha roaille .i. Terracone a hainm-sidhe.
      And afterwards he saw a fair, towered city with its majestic, very beautiful palaces, Tarragona by name.

Declension

Declension of clocásach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative clocásach chlocásach clocásacha;
chlocásacha²
Vocative chlocásaigh clocásacha
Genitive clocásaí clocásacha clocásach
Dative clocásach;
chlocásach¹ 		chlocásach;
chlocásaigh (archaic) 		clocásacha;
chlocásacha²
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
clocásach chlocásach gclocásach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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