clogás

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cloccás, clogáss, clogcás, clogchás (obsolete)

Etymology

From clog (“bell”) +‎ cás (“case, container”).

Noun

clogás m (genitive singular clogáis, nominative plural clogáis)

  1. bell tower, belfry
    • c. 1480 The Gaelic Maundeville, Irish translation of John Mandeville's Travels
      tor álainn mur clogcás aran táob tíar di
      a fair tower for bells

Declension

Declension of clogás (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative clogás clogáis
vocative a chlogáis a chlogása
genitive clogáis clogás
dative clogás clogáis
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an clogás na clogáis
genitive an chlogáis na gclogás
dative leis an gclogás
don chlogás 		leis na clogáis

Derived terms

  • clocásach (“towered, with a tower or belfry”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of clogás
radical lenition eclipsis
clogás chlogás gclogás

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

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