clíabán

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Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cliab, from Proto-Celtic *kleibo-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”).

Noun

clíabán m

  1. cradle

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Irish: cliabhán
  • Manx: clean

Mutation

Mutation of clíabán
radical lenition nasalization
clíabán chlíabán clíabán
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

References

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cliabh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

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