cluas

== Irish == === Alternative forms === cluais (Galway) === Etymology === From Old Irish clúas, from Proto-Celtic *kloustā (compare Welsh clust); more at clois. === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /kl̪ˠuəsˠ/ (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /klˠuəsˠ/ and see: cluais === Noun === cluas f (genitive singular cluaise, nominative plural cluasa) ear ear-shaped object; lug, handle; cleat; tab corner, margin ==== Declension ==== Dual: dhá chluais ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cluas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 152 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cluas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “cluas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “cluas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɫu.aːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkluː.as] === Verb === cluās 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) (anatomy) ear handle, lug ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === Edward Dwelly (1911), “cluas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clúas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language