clocásach

Irish

From clogás (“belfry”) +‎ -ach.

clocásach (genitive singular masculine clocásaigh, genitive singular feminine clocásaí, plural clocásacha, not comparable)

(obsolete) towered, with a tower or belfry
- c. 1485, Stair Ercuil ocus a Bás‎:
  Ocus docunnaic iarum cathair caem clocasach ⁊ na pilaidi rigdha roaille .i. Terracone a hainm-sidhe.
  And afterwards he saw a fair, towered city with its majestic, very beautiful palaces, Tarragona by name.

Declension of clocásach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	clocásach	chlocásach	clocásacha; chlocásacha²
Vocative	chlocásaigh	chlocásach	clocásacha
Genitive	chlocásaigh	clocásaí	clocásacha	clocásach
Dative	clocásach; chlocásach¹	chlocásach; chlocásaigh (archaic)	clocásacha; chlocásacha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
clocásach	chlocásach	gclocásach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

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