claþ

See also: clay and Clay

Old English

Alternative forms

• clǣþ

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *klaiþą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɑːθ/

Noun

clāþ n or m

1. cloth
2. (in the plural) clothes

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	clāþ	clāþ
accusative	clāþ	clāþ
genitive	clāþes	clāþa
dative	clāþe	clāþum

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	clāþ	clāþas
accusative	clāþ	clāþas
genitive	clāþes	clāþa
dative	clāþe	clāþum

Descendants

• Middle English: clath, cloth; clathes, clothes; clethe
  • Scots: clathe, claith; clathes, claes, clais, claise
  • English: cloth; clothes
    • → Scots: cloath