cleamhnaí

cleamhnaí

Irish

Alternative forms

• cleamhnaidhe (obsolete)

Etymology

From cleamhnach (“having connections by marriage”) +‎ -aí.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲãunˠi/, /ˈclʲãun̪ˠi/

Noun

cleamhnaí m (genitive singular cleamhnaí, nominative plural cleamhnaithe)

1. relative by marriage, in-law
2. (Ulster) son-in-law

Declension

Declension of cleamhnaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cleamhnaí cleamhnaithe Vocative a chleamhnaí a chleamhnaithe Genitive cleamhnaí cleamhnaithe Dative cleamhnaí cleamhnaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cleamhnaí na cleamhnaithe Genitive an chleamhnaí na gcleamhnaithe Dative leis an gcleamhnaí don chleamhnaí leis na cleamhnaithe

Related terms

• cliamhain

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cleamhnaí	chleamhnaí	gcleamhnaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “cleamhnaí” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• “cleaṁain” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "cleamhnaí" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57