cliabhán

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish clíabán. By surface analysis, cliabh +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /clʲiːˈvˠɑːn̪ˠ/[1]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈclʲiəwɑːnˠ/, /ˈclʲiəwɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈclʲiəwanˠ/, /ˈclʲiəwan̪ˠ/[2]

Noun

cliabhán m (genitive singular cliabháin, nominative plural cliabháin)

  1. cradle
  2. crib
  3. cot

Declension

Declension of cliabhán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cliabhán cliabháin
vocative a chliabháin a chliabhána
genitive cliabháin cliabhán
dative cliabhán cliabháin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cliabhán na cliabháin
genitive an chliabháin na gcliabhán
dative leis an gcliabhán
don chliabhán 		leis na cliabháin

Mutation

Mutated forms of cliabhán
radical lenition eclipsis
cliabhán chliabhán gcliabhán

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 75

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