cluasán

Irish

Etymology

From cluas (“ear”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Noun

cluasán m (genitive singular cluasáin, nominative plural cluasáin)

  1. earphone, headphone
  2. (nautical) clinker piece
    Synonym: asclán

Declension

Declension of cluasán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cluasán cluasáin
vocative a chluasáin a chluasána
genitive cluasáin cluasán
dative cluasán cluasáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cluasán na cluasáin
genitive an chluasáin na gcluasán
dative leis an gcluasán
don chluasán 		leis na cluasáin

Derived terms

  • cluasán fia (“melancholy thistle”)
  • cluasánach (“dullard”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cluasán
radical lenition eclipsis
cluasán chluasán gcluasán

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

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