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
Positive singular plural
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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From cluas (“ear”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

cluasach

  1. having large ears
  2. ansated, having handles

Derived terms

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.

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