seacláid

Irish

seacláid

Etymology

Borrowed from English chocolate. Compare Manx shocklaid, Scottish Gaelic teòclaid.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃæklˠɑːdʲ/, /ˈʃækl̪ˠɑːdʲ/

Noun

seacláid f (genitive singular seacláide, nominative plural seacláidí)

1. chocolate

Declension

Declension of seacláid (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative seacláid seacláidí vocative a sheacláid a sheacláidí genitive seacláide seacláidí dative seacláid seacláidí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an tseacláid na seacláidí genitive na seacláide na seacláidí dative leis an tseacláid don tseacláid leis na seacláidí

Derived terms

• cáca seacláide (“chocolate cake”)
• císte seacláide (“chocolate cake”)
• déantóir seacláide (“chocolate-maker”)
• seacláid bhainne (“milk chocolate”)
• seacláid bhán (“white chocolate”)
• seacláid dhorcha (“dark chocolate”)
• seacláid dhubh (“dark chocolate”)
• seacláid the (“hot chocolate”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of seacláid

radical	lenition	eclipsis
seacláid	sheacláid after an, tseacláid	not applicable

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) “seacláid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seacláid”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “seacláid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025