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clogás

clogás

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cloccás (obsolete)
  • clogáss (obsolete)
  • clogcás (obsolete)
  • clogchás (obsolete)

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

Derived terms

Mutation

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

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