cloicenn
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- cloicend
Etymology
From cloch (“stone”) + cenn (“head”). Compare Welsh penglog.
Noun
cloicenn n
- skull
Inflection
Neuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | cloicennN | cloicennN | cloicennL, cloicenna |
Vocative | cloicennN | cloicennN | cloicennL, cloicenna |
Accusative | cloicennN | cloicennN | cloicennL, cloicenna |
Genitive | cloicinnL | cloicenn | cloicennN |
Dative | *cloiciunnL | cloicennaib | cloicennaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Irish: cloigeann
- Manx: claigin
- Scottish Gaelic: claigeann
References
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003), D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 137, page 87
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cloicenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language