cladhaire

From Old Irish cladaire m (“ditcher; (later) rogue, rascal; sluggard, wretch”), from clad m (“ditch, trench; dyke, earthen rampart”).

• (Waterford) IPA^(key): /ˈklˠɑiɾʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈklˠeːɾʲə/, [ˈklˠeiɾʲə]; (older) /ˈklˠɤːɾʲə/, [ˈklˠɤiɾʲə][1]

cladhaire m (genitive singular cladhaire, nominative plural cladhairí)

1. (literary) ditcher
2. villain; rogue, trickster
3. spineless person; coward

• claidhreacht f (“villainy, roguery; cowardice”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cladhaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cladaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Old Irish cladaire m (“ditcher; (later) rogue, rascal; sluggard, wretch”), from clad m (“ditch, trench; dyke, earthen rampart”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰl̪ˠɤ.ɪɾʲə/

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

• (coward): gealtaire

• cladhaireachd f (“cowardice”)

• 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