cliabhán

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish clíabán. By surface analysis, cliabh +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

Noun

cliabhán m (genitive singular cliabháin, nominative plural cliabháin)

  1. cradle
  2. crib
  3. cot

Declension

Declension of cliabhán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cliabhán cliabháin
Vocative a chliabháin a chliabhána
Genitive cliabháin cliabhán
Dative cliabhán cliabháin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cliabhán na cliabháin
Genitive an chliabháin na gcliabhán
Dative leis an gcliabhán

don chliabhán

leis na cliabháin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cliabhán chliabhán gcliabhán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 75

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