clúas

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kloustā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”).

Pronunciation

Noun

clúas f

  1. ear
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 112b13
      Is demniu liunn a n-ad·chiam húa súlib ol·daas an ro·chluinemmar húa chlúasaib.
      What we see with (lit. from) the eyes is more certain to us than what we hear with (lit. from) the ears.
  2. hearing

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative clúasL clúaisL clúasaH
Vocative clúasL clúaisL clúasaH
Accusative clúaisN clúaisL clúasaH
Genitive clúaiseH clúasL clúasN
Dative clúaisL clúasaib clúasaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: cluas
  • Manx: cleaysh
  • Scottish Gaelic: cluas

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
clúas chlúas clúas
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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