clogás

clogás

Irish

Alternative forms

• cloccás, clogáss, clogcás, clogchás (obsolete)

Etymology

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

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

Declension of clogás

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative clogás clogáis Vocative a chlogáis a chlogása Genitive clogáis clogás Dative clogás clogáis

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an clogás na clogáis Genitive an chlogáis na gclogás Dative leis an gclogás don chlogás leis na clogáis

Derived terms

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

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “clogás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “clocás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• 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.