- cluthaich
- I
cover, clothe, Irish cluthmhar, sheltered, warm. Cf. Early Irish clithaigim, I shelter, clith, clothing, Welsh clyd, sheltering; root qel of ceil, q.v. Irish clúdaim, I clothe, cover, from English clothe, has possibly influenced the vowel both in Gaelic and IrishIIchase, Irish cluthaighim: *kluto-, *klu; See claoidh?
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.