"cloch" meaning in Old Irish

See cloch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈklox/
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *klukā (“stone”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sga|cel-pro|*klukā||stone}} Proto-Celtic *klukā (“stone”) Head templates: {{head|sga|noun||||{{{2}}}||||||||{{{3}}}||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|cat2=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} cloch f, {{sga-noun|f}} cloch f Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-a-fem|cloich}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=cloich+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=clocha+H|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=cloich+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=ā-f|dat_du=clochaib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=clochaib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=cloich+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|gen_du=cloch+L|gen_du2=|gen_du3=|gen_pl=cloch+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_sg=cloiche+H|gen_sg2=|gen_sg3=|n=|nom_du=cloich+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=clocha+H|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=cloch+L|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=cloich+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=clocha+H|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=cloch+L|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}}, {{sga-mutation}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], cloch [nominative, singular], cloich [dual, nominative], clocha [nominative, plural], cloch [singular, vocative], cloich [dual, vocative], clocha [plural, vocative], cloich [accusative, singular], cloich [accusative, dual], clocha [accusative, plural], cloiche [genitive, singular], cloch [dual, genitive], cloch [genitive, plural], cloich [dative, singular], clochaib [dative, dual], clochaib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cloch [mutation, mutation-radical], chloch [lenition, mutation], cloch [error-unrecognized-form, mutation]
  1. stone, rock Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cloch-sga-noun-McMaRgtK
  2. stone (as material) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cloch-sga-noun-tS0Orv~h Categories (other): Materials Disambiguation of Materials: 10 47 10 10 24
  3. precious stone, gem Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cloch-sga-noun-Kw5Z9pAT
  4. (Christianity) bead (in a rosary) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cloch-sga-noun-i3luAciH Categories (other): Christianity, Old Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 11 11 11 42 24 Topics: Christianity
  5. something built of stone, castle, fortress, stronghold Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cloch-sga-noun-i-DxzvMr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: clochach (english: stony, rocky) [adjective], clochaid (english: stones; covers with stones) [verb], clochamail (english: stony, unyielding) [adjective], clochán (english: paved road or causeway) [masculine], clochar (english: stony place) [masculine], clochda (english: made of stone, stony) [adjective]

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "stony, rocky",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "stony, rocky",
      "word": "clochach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "stones; covers with stones",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "translation": "stones; covers with stones",
      "word": "clochaid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "stony, unyielding",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "stony, unyielding",
      "word": "clochamail"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "paved road or causeway",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "paved road or causeway",
      "word": "clochán"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "stony place",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "stony place",
      "word": "clochar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "made of stone, stony",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "made of stone, stony",
      "word": "clochda"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "cloch"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Manx",
      "lang_code": "gv",
      "word": "clagh"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "clach"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "cel-pro",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "stone"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *klukā (“stone”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-a-fem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ā-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Feminine ā-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloch",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clocha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloch",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clocha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clocha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloiche",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloch",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloch",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clochaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clochaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chloch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "var": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "cloch f",
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    },
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        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "clocha+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "cloich+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "ā-f",
        "dat_du": "clochaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "clochaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "cloich+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "cloch+L",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "cloch+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "cloiche+H",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
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        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "clocha+H",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "cloch+L",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "cloich+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "clocha+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "cloch+L",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
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      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "stone, rock"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "id": "en-cloch-sga-noun-McMaRgtK",
      "links": [
        [
          "stone",
          "stone"
        ],
        [
          "rock",
          "rock"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 47 10 10 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Materials",
          "orig": "sga:Materials",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stone (as material)"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "id": "en-cloch-sga-noun-tS0Orv~h",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "precious stone, gem"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "id": "en-cloch-sga-noun-Kw5Z9pAT",
      "links": [
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          "precious stone",
          "precious stone"
        ],
        [
          "gem",
          "gem"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Christianity",
          "orig": "sga:Christianity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 11 11 42 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bead (in a rosary)"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "id": "en-cloch-sga-noun-i3luAciH",
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "bead",
          "bead"
        ],
        [
          "rosary",
          "rosary"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Christianity) bead (in a rosary)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "something built of stone, castle, fortress, stronghold"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "id": "en-cloch-sga-noun-i-DxzvMr",
      "links": [
        [
          "castle",
          "castle"
        ],
        [
          "fortress",
          "fortress"
        ],
        [
          "stronghold",
          "stronghold"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklox/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cloch"
}
{
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    "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Irish feminine nouns",
    "Old Irish lemmas",
    "Old Irish nouns",
    "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old Irish ā-stem nouns",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "sga:Materials"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "stony, rocky",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "stony, rocky",
      "word": "clochach"
    },
    {
      "english": "stones; covers with stones",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "translation": "stones; covers with stones",
      "word": "clochaid"
    },
    {
      "english": "stony, unyielding",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "stony, unyielding",
      "word": "clochamail"
    },
    {
      "english": "paved road or causeway",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "paved road or causeway",
      "word": "clochán"
    },
    {
      "english": "stony place",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "stony place",
      "word": "clochar"
    },
    {
      "english": "made of stone, stony",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "made of stone, stony",
      "word": "clochda"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "cloch"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Manx",
      "lang_code": "gv",
      "word": "clagh"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "clach"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "class"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cloich",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
        "nominative"
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    },
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      "form": "clocha",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "vocative"
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        "singular"
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      "tags": [
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        "dual"
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    },
    {
      "form": "clocha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloiche",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloch",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloch",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "cloich",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "clochaib",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual"
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    },
    {
      "form": "clochaib",
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "cloch",
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        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "chloch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "cloch",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
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    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stone, rock"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "stone",
          "stone"
        ],
        [
          "rock",
          "rock"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stone (as material)"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "precious stone, gem"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "precious stone",
          "precious stone"
        ],
        [
          "gem",
          "gem"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "sga:Christianity"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bead (in a rosary)"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "bead",
          "bead"
        ],
        [
          "rosary",
          "rosary"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Christianity) bead (in a rosary)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "something built of stone, castle, fortress, stronghold"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "castle",
          "castle"
        ],
        [
          "fortress",
          "fortress"
        ],
        [
          "stronghold",
          "stronghold"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklox/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cloch"
}

Download raw JSONL data for cloch meaning in Old Irish (5.5kB)

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  "called_from": "page/1713/20221215",
  "msg": "later head without list of senses,template node #, cloch/Old Irish",
  "path": [
    "cloch"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cloch",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
  "path": [
    "cloch"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cloch",
  "trace": ""
}

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