clogás

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

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

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
clogás chlogás gclogás
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Entries containing “clogás” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “clogás” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.