n
ā, f. (claidid). Later also
clais,
CCath. 2418
. See
Ériu xxii 191
. In Mid. and
Mod. Ir. also with k-infl.
clas
g.
na claise
,
IGT Decl. § 39
. clais
g. na claisi
,
na clasach
,
§ 186
. d
pl. also `claschanna(?) do
chanamhuin
', ibid. cf.
ex. 2104
below. clasach occurs once as
acc. sg. but is perhaps an error:
cor' claidset clasach dermair,
CCath. 2298
(clasaigh moir, clasaig moir, v.ll.) d
s. clasach, g
s.
clasaigh occur in
CS 318.20
-
22
below.
(a)
ditch, trench, furrow; pit:
rama fri clais,
Laws iv 72.2
;
.i. coir denma na clasach,
76.8 Comm.
oca tofond dia clasaib
(of pigs),
v 154.23 Comm.
slan di [sc. don muic] in tesbach
indsaighes uirre coa clais,
iii 242.20 Comm.
mad c.¤, tri
traigthe a leithead ┐ a doimne,
iv 112.3
. ceithre ime . . . clais,
cora, duirime, felmad four kinds of fences, a ditch, a stone
wall, an oaken fence . . . ,
72.4
.
m'atces ac denam claisi
ina timcell . . . no dia ndenait senchaide conid la fine dorona[dh] in clais,
O'Curry 423
(
H 3.18, 231a
) (`the making of a
`
clas
' round land (without objection) was an evidence of
title', Plummer MS. notes).
m. Imlecha las' cētna dernta
classa dúne,
Corp. Gen. 362.37
.
tomlactaiter .lll. lulgach
. . . i n-aen clasaig,
Dinds. 39
.
cuithe salach súg / carcar
cúl ri claiss,
LL 18991
.
nacham ruca Demon leis / i clais
tened,
18804
.
.lx. cubat i n-arddi na class ┐ lx. cubat i
n-airdde in múir,
31543
.
dorónta clais dermair . . . i n-imthachmung na cathrach,
CCath. 1739
.
linaid clasacha in
longphuirt . . . do criaidh na clodh filet impo,
5179
.
na clascanna do linad,
Aen. 2008
.
torchair a each i gclais ndomhain
faoi,
TFrag. 200.16
.
saoradh misi ar chlais na bpian,
Celtica
iv 163 § 237
`Hell', Foclóir).
ba sruth-aibne . . . cach clais ┐
cach clad-etrige,
MR 240.16
. dochodur . . . dar in mbadun ┐
dar clasaig inn aileoin `moat',
Ann. Conn. 1236.8
.
is inann
antrum tri Laidin ┐ umha no clais a Gaedilg,
Rosa Angl.
210.7
. bith gaoth mór sa chlasaigh sin dognáth cuires an
graibél trina chéle (of a gravel-pit),
Maund. 44
. do rinne sé
clais, ┐ do thochuil sé í `pit',
Psalms vii 15
. cf.
c.¤ .i. tochailt,
O'Dav. 395
. fá chlais an bhráca `in the furrow beneath the
harrow',
O'Rah. 58.114
. ? Here: ba samalta ra sebacc
da chlaiss i lló chruadgáithi, ná ra sidi répgaithi erraig i
llo mártai (of a hawk's nesting-place in a cliff),
TBC-LL¹ 3381
(`nach seiner Beute').
(b)
cooking-pit, burning-pit
: c.¤ guail gl. sturna[?],
Ir. Gl.
273
.
i cualchlais tened,
Fing. R. 52
.
daroindi T. ix clascha
comleathna . . . ┐ rolinaid leis iad do chaerchaib duba,
TTebe 1642
. a claschaibh chlach n-áoil nUisnigh lime-kilns,
IGT Decl. ex. 2103
.
(c)
grave
:
i mbéal gach claise,
DDána 29.21
.
an fhuarchlais,
Ó Bruad. ii 114 xvii
.
(d) By extension, that which is dug up, produce of the
earth:
mess ┐ claiss ┐ muirthorud,
LU 10116
.
madi atchaithes
a mes ┐ a clais,
O'D. 622
(
H 3.17, 463
-4).
bói mess ┐ class
┐ ith ┐ blicht fria lind,
LL 273b4
.
tathbongar fúr (.i. talam)
ar na cnoib .i. clais cnu ro bui istigh,
O'Dav. 866
. ri is mo
da tucc Dia du mes ┐ du chlais ┐ du thorad `increase',
Ann. Conn. 1224.2
.
(e) Used of various (usually grooved or furrowed) parts of
the body: cusna classaib dromma `with the shoulder-blades'
lit. `with the trenches of the back' (gl. cum scapulis),
Gild. Lor.
160
. co curend téora imsrotha im claiss a chúlaid (i.e. the
hollow at the base of the poll, see O'Brien,
Celtica iii 168
),
LU
6544
.
fotolberrad co clais a dá chúlad,
6959
(
BDD² 529
).
a clais cúil in cinn,
Reg. San. 30.8
.
c.¤ ochta,
Bretha 2A
.
clais ochta `hollow of the breast',
Laws v 363 n.d
. mar chlais
a smeigīn na hainnfhire dimple, cleft,
Gadelica i 60.197
.
tri cét troiged i fat na mna xxx traiged a fat a claissi (of a sea-monster),
BB 416a12
(? the female pudenda. Cf.
do chimil
d'a clais a chab nach sínfeadh,
ZCP v 250
=
Midnight court 706
v.l.). Of weals or scars on the body: doeim fossad fot rea /
con(a) ceil cossar class fua `it hides the rows of scars beneath',
Metr. Dinds. iv 332.22
(of a shield). mad olc leigister iad faguid
clasacha granna sa corp `pits' (of smallpox),
Rosa Angl. 310.4
.
att bocc . . . , ┐ da nglacuir co cruaidh led mer doni clais
and,
272.7
.
Groove (of a sword):
cloidem . . . traig fir oa chlasach conige
a ḟaopar for gach leth ann; dá traigid a lethed a nhegmuis
a clasaigh,
CS 318.20
,
22
.
taithnem na greine . . . re clasaib
comarthacha na cloidem,
Ériu viii 30.x
.
le colg n-úaine
cheithre gclaschann,
IGT Decl. ex. 2104
.
Compds. With adj. claideb claslethan cruaidgér
wide-
grooved
,
LL 24897
.
claidbi comardathacha claslethna,
32519
(
TTr. 1717
).
claidhmhi claislethna,
CCath. 6014
.
cloidhiomh . . . claslonnrach
bright-grooved
,
CRR² 23
.
With noun derived from adj.
re clas-lethi a cloidem,
MR
190.y
.