cluasach

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Irish

Etymology

From cluas (“ear”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cluasach (genitive singular masculine cluasaigh, genitive singular feminine cluasaí, plural cluasacha, comparative cluasaí)

  1. having ears
    1. aural
    2. long-eared, flap-eared
  2. dog-eared (of a book)

Declension

Declension of cluasach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative cluasach chluasach cluasacha;
chluasacha²
Vocative chluasaigh cluasacha
Genitive cluasaí cluasacha cluasach
Dative cluasach;
chluasach¹ 		chluasach;
chluasaigh (archaic) 		cluasacha;
chluasacha²
Comparative níos cluasaí
Superlative is cluasaí

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

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cluasach chluasach gcluasach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From cluas (“ear”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cluasach

  1. having large ears
  2. ansated, having handles

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cluasach chluasach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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