glún

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See also: glùn

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

glún f pl

  1. genitive plural of glúin

Noun

glún f (genitive singular glúine, nominative plural glúine)

  1. Alternative form of glúin

Mutation

Mutated forms of glún
radical lenition eclipsis
glún ghlún nglún

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 38, page 21

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *glūnos (dissimilated from earlier *gnūnos), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation

Noun

glún n (genitive glúne or glúnae, nominative plural glúne or glúnae)

  1. knee

Declension

Disyllabic inflections of this word exhibit consistent depalatalization in the glosses. It is uncertain why this is the case, since the first palatalization should apply in these inflections.

Neuter s-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative glúnN glúnN glúnaeL
Vocative glúnN glúnN glúnaeL
Accusative glúnN glúnN glúnaeL
Genitive glúnaeL glúnae glúnaeN
Dative glúinL glúnaib glúnaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: glúin
  • Manx: glioon
  • Scottish Gaelic: glùin

Mutation

Mutation of glún
radical lenition nasalization
glún glún
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ 		nglún

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

References

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