claþ

See also: clay and Clay

Old English

Alternative forms

clǣþ

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *klaiþą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /klɑːθ/

Noun

clāþ n or m

cloth
(in the plural) clothes

Declension (neut.)

Declension of claþ (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	clāþ	clāþ
accusative	clāþ	clāþ
genitive	clāþes	clāþa
dative	clāþe	clāþum

Declension (masc.)

Declension of claþ (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	clāþ	clāþas
accusative	clāþ	clāþas
genitive	clāþes	clāþa
dative	clāþe	clāþum

Descendants

Middle English: clath, cloth; clathes, clothes; clethe
- Scots: clathe, claith; clathes, claes, clais, claise
- English: cloth; clothes
  - → Scots: cloath

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