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cloch

Irish

Noun

cloch f ‎(genitive singular cloiche, nominative plural clocha)

stone
1. stone (substance; small piece of stone)
2. stone (central part of some fruits, consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer)
3. (Christianity) bead (in a rosary)
4. hard lump
5. (anatomy) testicle
6. stone (unit of mass)
rocky shore
rocky island
(stone) castle

Declension

Declension of cloch

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cloch	clocha
Vocative	a chloch	a chlocha
Genitive	cloiche	cloch
Dative	cloch cloich (archaic, dialectal)	clocha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an chloch	na clocha
Genitive	na cloiche	na gcloch
Dative	leis an gcloch leis an gcloich (archaic, dialectal) don chloch don chloich (archaic, dialectal)	leis na clocha

Synonyms

(unit of mass): cloch mheáchain
(testicle): caid, magairle, úirí

Derived terms

Terms derived from cloch

binse cloiche m ‎(“ledge, shelf, of rock”)
clocha briste f pl ‎(“broken stone, (road-)metal”)
clocha cóirithe f pl ‎(“dressed stone, ashlars”)
cloch a dhéanamh de rud ‎(“to petrify something”)
cloch adhmainte f ‎(“lodestone”)
clocha fuail f pl ‎(“gravel”)
cloch altóra f ‎(“altar-stone”)
cloch ancaire f, cloch róid f, cloch théide f ‎(“anchor stone”)
cloch aoil f ‎(“limestone”)
clocha saoirseachta f pl ‎(“building-stones”)
cloch bhoinn f ‎(“foundation stone”)
cloch bhró f, cloch mhuilinn f ‎(“millstone”)
cloch bhua f, cloch lómhar f, cloch luachmhar f, cloch uasal f ‎(“precious stone”)
cloch chairéil f ‎(“quarry-stone”)
cloch cheangail f, cloch ghreama f ‎(“bond-stone”)
cloch chinn f ‎(“headstone”)

cloch choirnéil f, cloch chúinne f ‎(“corner-stone”)
cloch chora f ‎(“stepping-stone”)
cloch chormaic f ‎(“(type of) granite”)
cloch chumaisc f ‎(“pudding-stone”)
cloch dhín f, cloch mhullaigh f, cloch phréacháin f, cloch spideoige f ‎(“cope-stone”)
cloch dhomlais f ‎(“gall-stone”)
cloch dhuáin f ‎(“kidney-stone”)
cloch dhuirlinge f ‎(“rounded shore-pebble, cobble-stone”)
cloch eibhir f ‎(“granite”)
cloch fhaobhair f, cloch líofa f ‎(“whetstone, hone”)
cloch fhorbháis f ‎(“perched stone”)
cloch ghabhála f ‎(“fulcrum (stone)”)
cloch ghainimh f ‎(“sandstone”)
cloch ghallúnaí f, cloch shópa f ‎(“soap-stone”)
cloch ghlas f ‎(“greenstone; whinstone”)
cloch ghorm f ‎(“blue-stone”)

cloch ghréine f, cloch scáil f ‎(“quartz”)
cloch ghualainne f, cloch nirt f ‎(“heavy casting-stone”)
cloch mhíle f ‎(“milestone”)
cloch phaidrín f ‎(“bead of rosary”)
cloch phluma f ‎(“plum-stone”)
cloch reatha f ‎(“rolling stone”)
cloch sceimhil f, cloch shileáin f ‎(“drip-stone”)
cloch shalainn f ‎(“rock salt”)
cloch shilín f ‎(“cherry-stone”)
cloch shneachta f ‎(“hailstone”)
cloch speile f ‎(“scythe-stone”)
cloch tharraingthe f ‎(“light casting-stone”)
cloch theampaill f ‎(“churchyard stone; taciturn person”)
cloch theorann f ‎(“boundary stone”)
cloch thine f ‎(“flint”)
obair chloiche f ‎(“stone-work”)

Verb

cloch ‎(present analytic clochann, future analytic clochfaidh, verbal noun clochadh, past participle clochta)

(transitive) stone

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	clochaim	clochann tú; clochair^†	clochann sé, sí	clochaimid	clochann sibh	clochann siad; clochaid^†	a chlochann; a chlochas / a gclochann; a gclochas	clochtar
	past	chloch mé; chlochas	chloch tú; chlochais	chloch sé, sí	chlochamar; chloch muid	chloch sibh; chlochabhair	chloch siad; chlochadar	a chloch / ar chloch*	clochadh
	past habitual	chlochainn	chlochtá	chlochadh sé, sí	chlochaimis; chlochadh muid	chlochadh sibh	chlochaidís; chlochadh siad	a chlochadh / ar chlochadh*	chlochtaí
	future	clochfaidh mé; clochfad	clochfaidh tú; clochfair^†	clochfaidh sé, sí	clochfaimid; clochfaidh muid	clochfaidh sibh	clochfaidh siad; clochfaid^†	a chlochfaidh; a chlochfas / a gclochfaidh; a gclochfas	clochfar
conditional		chlochfainn	chlochfá	chlochfadh sé, sí	chlochfaimis; chlochfadh muid	chlochfadh sibh	chlochfaidís; chlochfadh siad	a chlochfadh / ar chlochfadh*	chlochfaí
subjunctive	present	go gclocha mé; go gclochad^†	go gclocha tú; go gclochair^†	go gclocha sé, sí	go gclochaimid; go gclocha muid	go gclocha sibh	go gclocha siad; go gclochaid^†	—	go gclochtar
subjunctive	past	dá gclochainn	dá gclochtá	dá gclochadh sé, sí	dá gclochaimis; dá gclochadh muid	dá gclochadh sibh	dá gclochaidís; dá gclochadh siad	—	dá gclochtaí
imperative		clochaim	cloch	clochadh sé, sí	clochaimis	clochaigí; clochaidh^†	clochaidís	—	clochtar
verbal noun		clochadh
past participle		clochta

* Indirect relative
† Dialect form

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cloch	chloch	gcloch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /klox/

Noun

cloch f

stone, rock
stone (as material)
precious stone, gem
(Christianity) bead (in a rosary)
something built of stone, castle, fortress, stronghold

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Terms derived from cloch

clochach ‎(“stony, rocky”, adjective)
clochaid ‎(“stones; covers with stones”, verb)

clochamail ‎(“stony, unyielding”, adjective)
clochán m ‎(“paved road or causeway”)

clochar m ‎(“stony place”)
clochda ‎(“made of stone, stony”, adjective)

Descendants

Irish: cloch
Manx: clagh
Scottish Gaelic: clach

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cloch	chloch	cloch pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Spanish

Noun

cloch m ‎(plural cloches)

Alternative form of cloche

Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh [Term?], a borrowing from Late Latin clocca ‎(“bell”) (compare Cornish clogh, Breton kloc'h, Old Irish cloc, Irish clog).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kloːχ]

Noun

cloch f (plural clych or clychau)

bell
1. (figuratively) someone who praises or proclaims
2. (figuratively) bell-shaped object, especially bubble
3. (figuratively) bell-like sound or noise, vociferation
prize, feat
o'clock, of the clock

Derived terms

Terms derived from cloch

cloch aberth ‎(“sacring-bell”)
cloch adarwr ‎(“low-bell, bell used in fowling at night”)
cloch Afi ‎(“Avel-bell”)
cloch (a)larwm ‎(“alarm-bell, warning bell”)
cloch alw ‎(“alarm-bell, call-bell; Sanctus bell”)
cloch angladd ‎(“death-bell, passing-bell”)
clochau babis ‎(“hare-bells; daffodils”)
cloch (y) baban ‎(“snowdrop”)
cloch dân ‎(“fire-alarm”)
cloch (ar) ddwfr ‎(“bubble”)
cloch (y) drws ‎(“door-bell”)
cloch drydan ‎(“electric bell”)
cloch dyn marw ‎(“passing-bell, death-bell”)
cloch enaid ‎(“passing-bell”, literally “soul bell”)
cloch (yr) eos ‎(“hare-bells, wild hyacinth”)

cloch fach, cloch bach ‎(“sanctus bell”, literally “little bell”)
cloch fach yn y glust ‎(“a ringing or tingling in the ear, believed in some parts to be a premonition of death in one's family”, literally “a little bell in the ear”)
cloch ginio ‎(“dinner-bell”)
cloch gnùl ‎(“passing-bell, knell”)
cloch hwyrol ‎(“curfew bell”)
cloch iâ ‎(“icicle”)
cloch las ‎(“campanula; blue-bell, hare-bell”)
cloch law ‎(“hand-bell”)
cloch maban ‎(“snowdrop”)
cloch offeren ‎(“sacring-bell”)
cloch osber ‎(“vesper bell”)
cloch rybudd ‎(“alarm bell”)
cloch soddi, cloch suddo ‎(“diving-bell”)
cloch wasanaeth ‎(“church-bell summoning to divine service”)
cloch y ffair ‎(“bell rung to announce the commencement of a fair or market”)

cloch y llan ‎(“church-bell”)
cloch yr eglwys ‎(“church-bell”)
cloch yr ymadrodd ‎(“the uvula, epiglottis”)
clychau Bangor ‎(“hare-bells”, literally “Bangor bells”)
clychau Llundain ‎(“Canterbury bells, bellflowers, throatwort”, literally “London bells”)
clychau'r bugail ‎(“hare-bells”, literally “shepherd's bells”)
clychau'r gog ‎(“blue-bells”)
clychau'r tylwyth teg ‎(“hare-bells, blue-bells”)
clych Enid ‎(“lily of the valley, May-lily”)
clych glaw ‎(“rain drops, bubbles of rain”)
clych tawch ‎(“fog-bells”)
clych y cerrig ‎(“cup-lichen, cup-moss”)
clych y march ‎(“yellow rattle”)
clych y perthi ‎(“Canterbury bells, hedge-bells, hedge-bindweed”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cloch	gloch	nghloch	chloch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“cloch” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.

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Definition 2024

cloch

cloch

Irish

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

Conjugation

Mutation

References

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

References

Spanish

Noun

Welsh

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Mutation

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