clíabán
Middle Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish cliab, from Proto-Celtic *kleibo-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”).
Noun edit
clíabán m
Inflection edit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
| Middle Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| clíabán | chlíabán | clíabán pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cliabh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “clíabán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language