clíamain

Middle Irish

Etymology

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Noun

clíamain m (genitive clémna)

1. (male) in-law

Descendants

• Irish: cliamhain
• Manx: cleuin
• Scottish Gaelic: cliamhainn

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
clíamain	chlíamain	clíamain pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clíamain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language