Irish

Noun

cladh m ‎(genitive singular claidh, nominative plural claidh)

1. (literary) ditch, trench
2. (literary) earthwork

Declension

Related terms

• claí

Mutation

References

• Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 153.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish clad ‎(“ditch, trench”).

Noun

cladh m ‎(genitive singular cladha or claidh, plural cladhan)

1. graveyard, churchyard, cemetery, burial ground

Etymology 2

Noun

cladh m ‎(genitive singular cladha, plural cladhan)

1. verbal noun of cladh
2. spawn

Verb

cladh ‎(past chladh, future cladhaidh, verbal noun cladh, past participle cladhte)

1. spawn