Irish

Noun

cladach m ‎(genitive singular cladaigh, nominative plural cladaí)

1. (geography) shore; beach
2. (sailing, etc.) (rocky) foreshore
3. (biology) littoral
4. bank; heap, quantity

Declension

Synonyms

• (beach, foreshore): trá

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• "cladach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “2 cladach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cladach ‎(“stony shore”).

Noun

cladach m ‎(genitive singular cladaich, plural cladaichean)

1. shore, coast; beach
2. anything scattered
3. sandy plain
4. channel of a river
5. death, destruction

Synonyms

• (beach): tràigh

Derived terms

• cladach leis m ‎(“lee shore”)
• iolair-chladaich
• maor-cladaich

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “2 cladach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.