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cloit

cloit

Scots

Verb

cloit

  1. (Scotland, intransitive) To fall heavily.
    • James Kennedy, The Droukit Pedlar
      Dazed was he, an’ fairly doitit,
      Kack’d wi’ anguish o’ despair,
      Sprauchled up, then owre he cloited,
      Cowpit catmaw doun the stair.

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • cloet (colloquial)
  • closet (colloquial)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klɔi̯t/

Verb

cloit

  1. (literary) second-person singular imperfect / conditional of cloi

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cloit gloit nghloit chloit
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.