cluin

cluin

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ro·cluinethar, from Proto-Celtic *klinuti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néwti (compare Sanskrit शृणोति (śṛṇoti, “hears”)) from *ḱlew- (“to hear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl̪ˠɪnʲ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /klɨn/

Verb

cluin (present analytic cluineann, future analytic cluinfidh, verbal noun cluinstin, past participle cluinte)

1. (Ulster, parts of Connacht) to hear

Conjugation

Conjugation of cluin

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	cluinim	cluineann tú; cluinir†	cluineann sé, sí	cluinimid; cluineann muid	cluineann sibh	cluineann siad; cluinid†	a chluineann; a chluineas / a gcluineann*; a gcluineas*	cluintear
	past	chuala mé; chualas	chuala tú; chualais	chuala sé, sí	chualamar; chuala muid	chuala sibh; chualabhair	chuala siad; chualadar	a chuala / ar chuala*	chualathas
	past habitual	chluininn / gcluininn‡‡	chluinteá / gcluinteᇇ	chluineadh sé, sí / gcluineadh sé, s퇇	chluinimis; chluineadh muid / gcluinimis‡‡; gcluineadh muid‡‡	chluineadh sibh / gcluineadh sibh‡‡	chluinidís; chluineadh siad / gcluinidís‡‡; gcluineadh siad‡‡	a chluineadh / a gcluineadh*	chluintí / gcluint퇇
	future	cluinfidh mé; cluinfead	cluinfidh tú; cluinfir†	cluinfidh sé, sí	cluinfimid; cluinfidh muid	cluinfidh sibh	cluinfidh siad; cluinfid†	a chluinfidh, a chluinfeas / a gcluinfidh*, a gcluinfeas*	cluinfear
conditional		chluinfinn / gcluinfinn‡‡	chluinfeá / gcluinfeᇇ	chluinfeadh sé, sí / gcluinfeadh sé, s퇇	chluinfimis; chluinfeadh muid / gcluinfimis‡‡; gcluinfeadh muid‡‡	chluinfeadh sibh / gcluinfeadh sibh‡‡	chluinfidís; chluinfeadh siad / gcluinfidís‡‡; gcluinfeadh siad‡‡	a chluinfeadh / a gcluinfeadh*	chluinfí / gcluinf퇇
subjunctive	present	go gcluine mé; go gcluinead†	go gcluine tú; go gcluinir†	go gcluine sé, sí	go gcluinimid; go gcluine muid	go gcluine sibh	go gcluine siad; go gcluinid†	—	go gcluintear
	past	dá gcluininn	dá gcluinteá	dá gcluineadh sé, sí	dá gcluinimis; dá gcluineadh muid	dá gcluineadh sibh	dá gcluinidís; dá gcluineadh siad	—	dá gcluintí
imperative		cluinim	cluin	cluineadh sé, sí	cluinimis	cluinigí; cluinidh†	cluinidís	—	cluintear
verbal noun		cluinstin
past participle		cluinte

*Indirect relative
† Dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Synonyms

• clois (Munster, parts of Connacht)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cluin	chluin	gcluin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ro·cluinethar, from Proto-Celtic *klinuti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néwti (compare Sanskrit शृणोति (śṛṇoti, “hears”)) from *ḱlew- (“to hear”).

Verb

cluin (verbal noun cluinaghtyn, past tense form cheayll, past participle cluinit or clinnit)

1. to hear

Synonyms

• clasht

Derived terms

• aachluinn

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cluin	chluin	gluin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.