cladhaire

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cladaire m (“ditch digger”),[1] from Old Irish clad m (“ditch, trench; dyke, earthen rampart”).

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkl̪ˠɑiɾʲə/[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈklˠeːɾʲə/, [ˈklˠeiɾʲə]; (older) /ˈklˠɤːɾʲə/, [ˈklˠɤiɾʲə][3]

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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cladhaire chladhaire gcladhaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cladaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 195, page 98
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 70, page 30

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish cladaire m (“ditch digger”),[1] from Old Irish clad m (“ditch, trench; dyke, earthen rampart”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰl̪ˠɤ.ɪɾʲə/

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

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cladhairechladhaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cladaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cladhaire”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cladaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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