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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish glún, from Proto-Celtic *glūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Cognate with Breton glin (“knee”), Scottish Gaelic glùin and Welsh glin (“knee”), and further English knee, Latin genū (“knee”).
Pronunciation
Noun
glúin f (genitive singular glúine, nominative plural glúine)
- knee
- Chuaigh sé ar a dhá ghlúin. ― He got down on his knees.
- Chuir sí a glúin fúithi. ― She got down on one knee.
- generation
- ó ghlúin go glúin ― from generation to generation
- an ghlúin atá anois ann ― the present generation
- step in series
- glúin staighre ― step of stairs
- (botany) node
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| glúin
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ghlúin
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nglúin
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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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References
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
glúin
- dative singular of glún
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| glúin
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glúin
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
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nglúin
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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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