Irish

Noun

cladhaire m ‎(genitive singular cladhaire, nominative plural cladhairí)

1. (literary) ditcher
2. villain; rogue, trickster
3. spineless person; coward

Derived terms

• claidhreacht f ‎(“villainy, roguery; cowardice”)

Mutation

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cladaire m ‎(“ditcher; (later) rogue, rascal; sluggard, wretch”), from clad m ‎(“ditch, trench; dyke, earthen rampart”).

Noun

cladhaire m ‎(genitive singular cladhaire, plural cladhairean)

1. coward, poltroon
2. hero
3. one superintending the burying of soldiers in an army
4. gravedigger
5. rogue

Synonyms

• (coward): gealtaire

Derived terms

• cladhaireachd f ‎(“cowardice”)

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
• “cladaire” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.