clóca

See also: cloca and clocá

Irish

Etymology

From Middle English cloke, from Old Northern French cloque (“traveling cloak”), from Medieval Latin clocca (“travelers' cape”, literally “a bell”), so called from the garment’s bell-like shape, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos. Doublet of clog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkl̪ˠoːkə/, /ˈklˠoːkə/

Noun

clóca m (genitive singular clóca, nominative plural clócaí)

1. cloak, cape

   Synonym: brat

Declension

Declension of clóca (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative clóca clócaí vocative a chlóca a chlócaí genitive clóca clócaí dative clóca clócaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an clóca na clócaí genitive an chlóca na gclócaí dative leis an gclóca don chlóca leis na clócaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of clóca

radical	lenition	eclipsis
clóca	chlóca	gclóca

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clóca”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “clóca”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 149
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clóca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 42