cleayn
Manx edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish cláenaid, a denominative verb from Old Irish clóen. Cognate with Irish claon and Scottish Gaelic claon.
Verb edit
cleayn (verbal noun cleayney, past participle cleaynit or cleaynt)
- divert, deviate, bank, list, veer, incline
- stoop
- attract, seduce, inveigle
- influence, dispose, induce
- decoy
- distort
- draw off, recede
- tend (as garden)
- circumvent
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cleayn | chleayn | gleayn |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||