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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish clamán (whence Irish clamhán). By surface analysis, clamh (“mangy animal”) + -an
Pronunciation
Noun
clamhan m (genitive singular clamhain, plural clamhain or clamhanan)
- buzzard (Buteo vulgaris)
- hawk, falcon, kestrel, kite (in compounds)
Derived terms
Mutation
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Lenition
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chlamhan
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “clamhan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN