cluain

cluain

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kluənʲ/, /kluːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /klũːnʲ/[1]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish clúain, from Proto-Celtic *klownis.

Noun

cluain f (genitive singular cluana, nominative plural cluainte or cluanta)

1. meadow

   Synonym: móinéar

2. after-grass

Declension

Declension of cluain

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cluain cluainte Vocative a chluain a chluainte Genitive cluana cluainte Dative cluain cluainte

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an chluain na cluainte Genitive na cluana na gcluainte Dative leis an gcluain don chluain leis na cluainte

• Alternative plural: cluanta

Derived terms

• Cluain f (“Cloyne”)
• Cluain Fearta f (“Clonfert”)
• Cluain Meala f (“Clonmel”)
• Cluain Mhic Nóis f (“Clonmacnoise”)
• cluanóg f (“grassy patch or nook”)

 

Etymology 2

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Noun

cluain f (genitive singular cluana)

1. deception; persuasion, beguilement
2. dissimulation

Declension

Declension of cluain

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative cluain Vocative a chluain Genitive cluana Dative cluain

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an chluain Genitive na cluana Dative leis an gcluain don chluain

Derived terms

• cluanach (“deceitful; beguiling, flattering”, adjective)
• cluanaire m, cluanaí m (“deceiver, flatterer”)
• cluain chliceála f (“clickbait”)
• colúr cluana m (“stool-pigeon”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cluain	chluain	gcluain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cluain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “cluain” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “cluain” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 21