seacláid

Irish

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.

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