cladach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cladach (“stony shore”).

Noun

cladach m (genitive singular cladaigh, nominative plural cladaí)

1. (geography) shore; beach

   Synonym: trá

2. (sailing, etc.) (rocky) foreshore

   Synonym: trá

3. (biology) littoral
4. bank; heap, quantity

Declension

Declension of cladach (irregular)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cladach cladaí vocative a chladach a chladaí genitive cladaigh cladach dative cladach cladaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cladach na cladaí genitive an chladaigh na gcladach dative leis an gcladach don chladach leis na cladaí

Derived terms

• cladach ardaithe (“raised beach”)
• cladach locha (“lake shore”)
• cladach (na) farraige (“(the) sea-shore”)
• cladach rónta (“shoal of seals”)
• cladach tine (“hearthstone; front of fireplace”)
• cois cladaigh (“by the (sea-)shore”)
• fo-chladach (“sublittoral”, noun)
• fo-chladachúil (“sublittoral”, adjective)
• iascaireacht chladaigh (“rock-fishing”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of cladach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cladach	chladach	gcladach

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cladach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 cladach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cladach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cladach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cladach (“stony shore”).

Noun

cladach m (genitive singular cladaich, plural cladaichean)

1. 1. shore, coast
   2. beach

      Synonym: tràigh

2. anything scattered
3. sandy plain
4. channel of a river
5. death, destruction

Derived terms

• cladach leis m (“lee shore”)
• iolair-chladaich
• maor-cladaich

 

Mutation

Mutation of cladach

radical	lenition
cladach	chladach

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) “cladach”, 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), “2 cladach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language