cluain

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish clúain,[5] from Proto-Celtic *klounis.

Noun

cluain f (genitive singular cluana, nominative plural cluainte or cluanta)

  1. meadow
    Synonym: móinéar
  2. after-grass
Declension
Declension of cluain (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cluain cluainte
vocative a chluain a chluainte
genitive cluana cluainte
dative cluain cluainte
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chluain na cluainte
genitive na cluana na gcluainte
dative leis an gcluain
don chluain 		leis na cluainte
  • Alternative plural: cluanta
Derived terms
  • Cluain f (“Cloyne”)
  • Cluain Fearta f (“Clonfert”)
  • Cluain Meala f (“Clonmel”)
  • Cluain Mhic Nóis f (“Clonmacnoise”)
  • cluanóg f (“grassy patch or nook”)
Descendants
  • → English: Cloyne

Etymology 2

From Old Irish clúain.[6]

Noun

cluain f (genitive singular cluana)

  1. deception; persuasion, beguilement
  2. dissimulation
Declension
Declension of cluain (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative cluain
vocative a chluain
genitive cluana
dative cluain
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an chluain
genitive na cluana
dative leis an gcluain
don chluain
Derived terms
  • cluain chliceála f (“clickbait”)
  • cluanach (“deceitful; beguiling, flattering”, adjective)
  • cluanaí m (“deceiver, flatterer”)
  • cluanaire m (“deceiver, flatterer”)
  • colúr cluana m (“stool-pigeon”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cluain
radical lenition eclipsis
cluain chluain gcluain

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

References

  1. ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 395, page 84
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 154
  3. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, page 74, line 140
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 46, page 21
  5. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clúain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  6. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clúain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish clúain, from Proto-Celtic *klounis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰl̪ˠuəɲ/

Noun

cluain f (genitive singular cluaine, plural cluaintean or cluainean)

  1. pasture, green field, meadow, lawn

Declension

Declension of cluain (class IIb feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative cluain cluaintean
genitive cluaine chluaintean
dative cluain cluaintean; cluainibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (a') chluain (na) cluaintean
genitive (na) cluaine (nan) cluaintean
dative (a') chluain (na) cluaintean; cluainibh✝
vocative chluain chluaintean

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

  • Alternative dative singular: cluainidh

Mutation

Mutation of cluain
radical lenition
cluain chluain

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cluain”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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