clabhta

Irish

Alternative forms

• clabht, clamhta, clobhta, clúta

Etymology

From English clout. The Ulster form clúta was borrowed from Scots cloot, clout. The sense “cloud” may have been borrowed independently and then assimilated to this word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklˠaut̪ˠə/

Noun

clabhta m (genitive singular clabhta, nominative plural clabhtaí)

1. clout, blow (with the hand), sock (violent blow, punch)
2. clodhopper, lout (clumsy, awkward or boorish person)
3. chunk (of bread)
4. cloud (visible mass of water droplets)

Declension

Declension of clabhta (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative clabhta clabhtaí vocative a chlabhta a chlabhtaí genitive clabhta clabhtaí dative clabhta clabhtaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an clabhta na clabhtaí genitive an chlabhta na gclabhtaí dative leis an gclabhta don chlabhta leis na clabhtaí

Synonyms

• (clout, blow, sock): buille
• (clodhopper, lout): cábóg
• (chunk): canta
• (cloud): scamall, néal

Mutation

Mutated forms of clabhta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
clabhta	chlabhta	gclabhta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “claḃta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 197; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “clabhta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN