cloigeann
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cloigeann
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish cloicenn (“skull”), from cloch + cenn.
Pronunciation
Noun
cloigeann m (genitive singular cloiginn, nominative plural cloigne)
Declension
Declension of cloigeann
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- gearrchloigneach (“short-headed”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cloigeann | chloigeann | gcloigeann |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cloigeann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cloicenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language