cluasach

Irish

Etymology

From cluas (“ear”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cluasach (genitive singular masculine cluasaigh, genitive singular feminine cluasaí, plural cluasacha, comparative cluasaí)

1. having ears
   1. aural
   2. long-eared, flap-eared
2. dog-eared (of a book)

Declension

Declension of cluasach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	cluasach	chluasach	cluasacha; chluasacha2
vocative	chluasaigh		cluasacha
genitive		cluasaí	cluasacha	cluasach
dative	cluasach; chluasach1	chluasach; chluasaigh (archaic)	cluasacha; chluasacha2
Comparative	níos cluasaí
Superlative	is cluasaí

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

Derived terms

• caipín cluasach (“cap with ear-flaps”)
• casúr cluasach (“claw-hammer”)
• cluasachán (“long-eared person or animal”)
• cnó cluasach (“wing-nut”)
• foitheach cluasach (“Slavonian grebe”)
• scriú cluasach (“fly-nut”)
• tromán cluasach (“kettlebell”)
• ulchabhán cluasach (“horned owl”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of cluasach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cluasach	chluasach	gcluasach

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cluasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cluasach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cluasach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From cluas (“ear”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cluasach

1. having large ears
2. ansated, having handles

Derived terms

• comhachag-chluasach (“short-eared owl”)

Mutation

Mutation of cluasach

radical	lenition
cluasach	chluasach

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