clach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cloch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰl̪ˠax/, [kʰl̪ˠɑx]

Noun

clach f (dative singular cloich, genitive singular cloiche, plural clachan)

1. stone
2. rock
3. (unit of measure) stone

   clach bhuntàta ― a stone of potatoes

4. testicle

Declension

Declension of clach (class IIa feminine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	clach	clachan
genitive	cloiche	chlach
dative	cloich	clachan; clachaibh✝
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(a') chlach	(na) clachan
genitive	(na) cloiche	(nan) clach
dative	(a') chloich	(na) clachan; clachaibh✝
vocative	chlach	chlacha

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

• Alternative genitive singular: cloicheadh (Harris, Uist, Barra)

Derived terms

• clach na sùla
• clach-chinn
• clach-chopair
• clach-èiteig
• clach-ghainmhich
• clach-mheallain
• clach-mhìle
• Linn Ùr na Cloiche
• mar chloich às an adhar
• urchair chloiche

 

Verb

clach (past chlach, future clachaidh, verbal noun clachadh, past participle clachte)

1. stone

   Clach a' bhana-bhuidseach! ― Stone the witch!

Mutation

Mutation of clach

radical	lenition
clach	chlach

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “clach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cloch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language