clocásach

Irish

Etymology

From clogás (“belfry”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /klˠəˈkɑːsˠəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈklˠɔkɑːsˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈklˠɔkasˠa(x)/

Adjective

clocásach (genitive singular masculine clocásaigh, genitive singular feminine clocásaí, plural clocásacha, not comparable)

1. (obsolete) towered, with a tower or belfry
   • c. 1485, Stair Ercuil ocus a Bás‎^[1]:

     Ocus docunnaic iarum cathair caem clocasach ⁊ na pilaidi rigdha roaille .i. Terracone a hainm-sidhe.

     And afterwards he saw a fair, towered city with its majestic, very beautiful palaces, Tarragona by name.

Declension

Declension of clocásach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	clocásach	chlocásach	clocásacha; chlocásacha2
vocative	chlocásaigh		clocásacha
genitive		clocásaí	clocásacha	clocásach
dative	clocásach; chlocásach1	chlocásach; chlocásaigh (archaic)	clocásacha; chlocásacha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of clocásach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
clocásach	chlocásach	gclocásach

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clocásach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language