cluimhreach
Irish
Alternative forms
- claimhreach
Etymology
Apparently from clúmh (“down, feathers”), though the shortening of the vowel is unexplained.
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈklˠɨ̞̃vʲɾʲa(x)/
Noun
cluimhreach f (genitive singular cluimhrí) or
cluimhreach m (genitive singular cluimhrigh)
- plumage (collection of feathers covering a bird’s body), feathers
Declension
As a feminine second-declension noun:
Declension of cluimhreach
Second declension
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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As a masculine first-declension noun:
Declension of cluimhreach
First declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Derived terms
- leaba chluimhrí
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cluimhreach | chluimhreach | gcluimhreach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “cluimhreach” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- “cluiṁreaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 153.
- "cluimhreach" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39