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English

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A pair of leather clogs painted by Vincent van Gogh

Etymology

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Unknown; perhaps fromMiddle Englishclog(“weight attached to the leg of an animal to impede movement”). Perhaps ofNorth Germanic origin and derived fromProto-Germanic*klumpô(“lump, mass, clasp”); compareOld Norseklugu,klogo(“knotty tree log”),[1] Dutchklomp.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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clog (pluralclogs)

  1. A type ofshoe with aninflexible, oftenwoodensole sometimes with an openheel.
    Dutch people rarely wearclogs these days.
  2. Ablockage.
    The plumber cleared theclog from the drain.
  3. (UK, colloquial) Ashoe of any type.
  4. A weight, such as a log or block of wood, attached to a person or animal to hinder motion.
  5. That whichhinders orimpedes motion; anencumbrance,restraint, orimpediment of any kind.
    • 1595 December 9 (first known performance),William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act V, scene vi],page45:
      The grand Conſpirator, Abbot of Weſtminster, / Withclog of Conſcience, and ſowre Melancholly / Hath yeelded up his body to the graue;
    • 1777,Edmund Burke,A Letter from Edmund Burke: Esq; one of the representatives in Parliament for the city of Bristol, to John Farr and John Harris, Esqrs. sheriffs of that city, on the Affairs of America‎[3], London: J. Dodsley, page 8:
      All the ancient, honest, juridical principles and institutions of England, are so manyclogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression.
    • 1842, [anonymous collaborator ofLetitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LIV, inLady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London:Henry Colburn, […],→OCLC,pages69–70:
      By the same rule, they must send your mamma her travelling expences, miss; she can't have theclog of a couple of grown daughters at her heels without money in her pocket.
    • 1864 August –1866 January,[Elizabeth] Gaskell, chapter 56, inWives and Daughters. An Every-day Story. […], volume(please specify |volume=I or II), London:Smith, Elder and Co., […], published1866,→OCLC:
      If we were as rich as your uncle, I should feel it to be both a duty and a pleasure to keep an elegant table; but limited means are a sadclog to one’s wishes.

Derived terms

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Translations

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a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
a blockage
an encumbrance or impediment
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Verb

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clog (third-person singular simple presentclogs,present participleclogging,simple past and past participleclogged)

  1. Toblock orslow passage through (often with 'up').
    Hair isclogging the drainpipe.
    The roads areclogged up with traffic.
  2. To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.
  3. To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
  4. (law) To enforce amortgage lender right that prevents a borrower from exercising a right toredeem.
    • 1973,Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Doerr, 123 N.J. Super. 530, 544, 303 A.2d 898.
      For centuries it has been the rule that a mortgagor’s equity of redemption cannot beclogged and that he cannot, as a part of the original mortgage transaction, cut off or surrender his right to redeem. Any agreement which does so is void and unenforceable[sic] as against public policy.
  5. (intransitive) To perform aclog dance.
    • 2014, Jeff Abbott,Cut and Run:
      And in a burst of Celtic drums and fiddles, a bosomy colleen with a jaunty green hat and suit jacket riverdanced onto the stage,clogging with a surprising degree of expertise, barely restrained breasts jiggling.

Derived terms

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Translations

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to block or slow passage through

References

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  1. ^Transactions of the Philological Society. (1899). United Kingdom: Society, p. 657

Anagrams

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Irish

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Irishcloc, fromOld Irishcloc,[1] fromProto-Celtic*klokkos(“bell”).Doublet ofclóca.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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clog m (genitive singularcloig,nominative pluralcloig)

  1. bell
  2. clock
  3. blowball, clock(of dandelion)
  4. blister

Declension

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Declension ofclog (first declension)
forms with thedefinite article
singularplural
nominativeanclognacloig
genitiveanchloignagclog
dativeleis angclog
donchlog		leis nacloig
  • Alternative plural:cloganna(Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

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Verb

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clog (present analyticclogann,future analyticclogfaidh,verbal nounclogadh,past participleclogtha)

  1. (intransitive)ring a bell
  2. (transitive)stun with noise
  3. (intransitive) blister

Conjugation

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conjugation ofclog (first conjugation – A)
verbal nounclogadh
past participleclogtha
tensesingularpluralrelativeautonomous
firstsecondthirdfirstsecondthird
indicative
presentclogaimclogann tú;
clogair†		clogann sé, síclogaimidclogann sibhclogann siad;
clogaid†		achlogann; achlogas /
agclogann*		clogtar
pastchlog mé;chlogaschlog tú;chlogaischlog sé, síchlogamar;chlog muidchlog sibh;chlogabhairchlog siad;chlogadarachlog /
archlog*		clogadh
past habitualchlogainn /gclogainn‡‡chlogtá /gclogtᇇchlogadh sé, sí /gclogadh sé, s퇇chlogaimis;chlogadh muid /gclogaimis‡‡;gclogadh muid‡‡chlogadh sibh /gclogadh sibh‡‡chlogaidís;chlogadh siad /gclogaidís‡‡;gclogadh siad‡‡achlogadh /
agclogadh*		chlogtaí /gclogta퇇
futureclogfaidh mé;
clogfad		clogfaidh tú;
clogfair†		clogfaidh sé, síclogfaimid;
clogfaidh muid		clogfaidh sibhclogfaidh siad;
clogfaid†		achlogfaidh; achlogfas /
agclogfaidh*		clogfar
conditionalchlogfainn /gclogfainn‡‡chlogfá /gclogfᇇchlogfadh sé, sí /gclogfadh sé, s퇇chlogfaimis;chlogfadh muid /gclogfaimis‡‡;gclogfadh muid‡‡chlogfadh sibh /gclogfadh sibh‡‡chlogfaidís;chlogfadh siad /gclogfaidís‡‡;gclogfadh siad‡‡achlogfadh /
agclogfadh*		chlogfaí /gclogfa퇇
subjunctive
presentgogcloga mé;
gogclogad†		gogcloga tú;
gogclogair†		gogcloga sé, sígogclogaimid;
gogcloga muid		gogcloga sibhgogcloga siad;
gogclogaid†		—gogclogtar
pastdágclogainndágclogtádágclogadh sé, sídágclogaimis;
dágclogadh muid		dágclogadh sibhdágclogaidís;
dágclogadh siad		—dágclogtaí
imperative
–clogaimclogclogadh sé, síclogaimisclogaigí;
clogaidh†		clogaidís—clogtar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that triggereclipsis

Mutation

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Mutated forms ofclog
radicallenitioneclipsis
clogchloggclog

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cloc”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931)Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux,§ 38, page21
  3. ^Finck, F. N. (1899)Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page154
  4. ^Quiggin, E. C. (1906)A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press,§ 110, page43

Further reading

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Welsh

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Etymology

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FromProto-Brythonic*klog, fromProto-Celtic*klukā. Cognate withIrishcloch,Scottish Gaelicclach.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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clog f (pluralclogau)

  1. cliff,rockface

Derived terms

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Related terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms ofclog
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
clogglognghlogchlog

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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