cluas

See also: clúas

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish clúas, from Proto-Celtic *kloustā (compare Welsh clust); more at clois.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klˠuəsˠ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /kluəʃ/ (reflecting nonstandard form cluais, the old dative), /kluəsˠ/

Noun

cluas f (genitive singular cluaise, nominative plural cluasa)

  1. ear
  2. ear-shaped object; lug, handle; cleat; tab
  3. corner, margin

Declension

Derived terms

  • béim chluaise f, comhartha cluaise (ear-mark)
  • bíonn cluasa ar na claíocha, bíonn cluasa ar an gcoill (walls have ears)
  • bog na cluaise m, bun na cluaise m, liopa cluaise m, maothán cluaise m (earlobe)
  • canáil na cluaise f (ear canal)
  • céir chluaise f, sail chluaise f (ear-wax)
  • cluaisín m (auricle; tab, lobe; lug)
  • cluas a chur ort féin (to prick one’s ears, to listen)
  • cluas a thabhairt do rud (to give ear, listen, to something)
  • cluas bróige f (tag of shoe)
  • cluas caipín f (lug of cap)
  • cluas chaoin (cuckoo-pint)
  • cluas cupáin f (handle of cup)
  • cluas do cheol f (an ear for music)
  • cluas eachtrach f (outer ear)
  • cluas ghéar f, cluas easóige f (sharp ears)
  • cluas inmheánach f (inner ear)
  • cluas láir f (middle ear)
  • cluas le héisteacht f (attentive ear)
  • cluas liath (mouse-ear hawkweed)
  • cluas luchóige (mouse-ear chickweed)
  • cluas maide rámha (cleat of oar)
  • cluas pota f (handle of pot)
  • cluas spáide f (tread of spade)
  • cluas tobáin f (handle of tub)
  • cluas tuirne f (spindle-holder)
  • cluas- (aural)
  • cluasa duine a líonadh, lán na gcluas a thabhairt do dhuine (to fill someone's ears with idle talk)
  • cluasach (having ears, long-eared; dog-eared, adjective)
  • cluasaí m (listener, eavesdropper)
  • cluasán m (listless, inattentive, person; dullard; ear-phone, head-phone)
  • cluasbheart m (ear-protector)
  • cluasdubh (black-eared)
  • cluaséisteacht f ((act of) eavesdropping)
  • cluasfheadaíl f (soft whistling)
  • cluasleathan (broad-eared)
  • cluaslia m (ear specialist)
  • cluasmharcáil f (earmarking)
  • cluasóg f (corner (as of field); grassy patch; lug)
  • cnámhóg cluaise f (ear ossicle)
  • cor cluaise m (double sheet bend)
  • dul ar an gcluas (to be overcome with sleep) (of child)
  • fadchluasach (long-eared)
  • fáinne cluaise m (earring)
  • fithis na cluaise (auditory meatus)
  • gearrchluasach (short-eared, adjective)
  • glao cluaise (buzzing in the ears)
  • i gcluasa an bhaile mhóir (in the suburbs)
  • líonadh cluas (filling of ears) (with gossip, etc.)
  • pian chluaise f (ear-ache)
  • poll cluaise (ear-hole)
  • raon cluas (earshot)
  • tinneas cluaise (earache)
  • tiompán na cluaise m (eardrum)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cluas chluas gcluas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

cluās

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of cluō

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish clúas, from Proto-Celtic *kloustā.

Noun

cluas f (dative singular cluas or cluais, genitive singular cluaise, plural cluasan)

  1. (anatomy) ear
  2. handle, lug

Derived terms

Mutation

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cluas”, 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), “clúas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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