cliathán

See also: cliathan

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish clíathán m (“side; loin (of meat)”).[1] By surface analysis, cliath +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /clʲiəˈhɑːn̪ˠ/, /clʲiːˈhɑːn̪ˠ/[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈclʲiːhanˠ/, /ˈclʲiːhan̪ˠ/[3]

Noun

cliathán m (genitive singular cliatháin, nominative plural cliatháin)

  1. flank, side

Declension

Declension of cliathán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cliathán cliatháin
vocative a chliatháin a chliathána
genitive cliatháin cliathán
dative cliathán cliatháin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cliathán na cliatháin
genitive an chliatháin na gcliathán
dative leis an gcliathán
don chliathán 		leis na cliatháin

Derived terms

  • ar na cliatháin (“on the flanks; on the wings”)
  • cíle chliatháin f (“leeboard”)
  • cliathán bagúin m (“side of bacon”)
  • cliathán den lá m (“a portion of the day”)
  • cliathán mairteola m (“side of beef”)
  • cliathánach
  • cliathánaí
  • i leith an chliatháin (“towards the side, sideways”)
  • leathchliathán m (“one flank”)
  • teacht le cliathán (“to come alongside”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cliathán
radical lenition eclipsis
cliathán chliathán gcliathán

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clíathán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 203, page 102
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 119, page 46

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