cleayn

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish cláenaid, a denominative verb from Old Irish clóen. Cognate with Irish claon and Scottish Gaelic claon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kləːn/

Verb

cleayn (verbal noun cleayney, past participle cleaynit or cleaynt)

  1. divert, deviate, bank, list, veer, incline
  2. stoop
  3. attract, seduce, inveigle
  4. influence, dispose, induce
  5. decoy
  6. distort
  7. draw off, recede
  8. tend (as garden)
  9. circumvent

Derived terms

  • co-chleayn

Mutation

Mutation of cleayn
radical lenition eclipsis
cleayn chleayn gleayn

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