cluas

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See also: clúas

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish clúas, from Proto-Celtic *kloustā (compare Welsh clust); more at clois.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klˠuəsˠ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /kluəʃ/ (reflecting nonstandard form cluais, the old dative), /kluəsˠ/

Noun

cluas f (genitive singular cluaise, nominative plural cluasa)

  1. ear
  2. ear-shaped object; lug, handle; cleat; tab
  3. corner, margin

Declension

Declension of cluas (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cluas cluasa
vocative a chluas a chluasa
genitive cluaise cluas
dative cluais cluasa
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chluas na cluasa
genitive na cluaise na gcluas
dative leis an gcluais
don chluais
leis na cluasa

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cluas
radical lenition eclipsis
cluas chluas gcluas

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

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

cluās

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of cluō

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish clúas, from Proto-Celtic *kloustā.

Noun

cluas f (dative singular cluas or cluais, genitive singular cluaise, plural cluasan)

  1. (anatomy) ear
  2. handle, lug

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of cluas
radical lenition
cluas chluas

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cluas”, 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), “clúas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language