cláiríneach

See also: Cláiríneach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cláirineach
  • cláiringheach (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

Probably from Old Irish clárenech (“flat-faced, born without visible eyes or nose”) (compare clárach (“broad-flaced, flat-faced”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklˠɑːɾʲiːnʲəx/[3], /ˈklˠɑːɾˠinʲəx/[4]

Noun

cláiríneach m (genitive singular cláirínigh, nominative plural cláirínigh)

  1. cripple (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Declension

Declension of cláiríneach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cláiríneach cláirínigh
vocative a chláirínigh a chláiríneacha
genitive cláirínigh cláiríneach
dative cláiríneach cláirínigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cláiríneach na cláirínigh
genitive an chláirínigh na gcláiríneach
dative leis an gcláiríneach
don chláiríneach 		leis na cláirínigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of cláiríneach
radical lenition eclipsis
cláiríneach chláiríneach gcláiríneach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “cláiríneach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clárainech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 279
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 153

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