clastach

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλαστός (klastós, “broken in pieces”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

clastach (genitive singular masculine clastaigh, genitive singular feminine clastaí, plural clastacha, not comparable)

  1. (geology) clastic

Declension

Declension of clastach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative clastach chlastach clastacha;
chlastacha2
vocative chlastaigh clastacha
genitive clastaí clastacha clastach
dative clastach;
chlastach1 		chlastach;
chlastaigh (archaic) 		clastacha;
chlastacha2
Comparative níos clastaí
Superlative is clastaí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of clastach
radical lenition eclipsis
clastach chlastach gclastach

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

Further reading

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