clíamain
Middle Irish edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
clíamain m (genitive clémna)
- (male) in-law
Descendants edit
- Irish: cliamhain
- Manx: cleuin
- Scottish Gaelic: cliamhainn
Mutation edit
| 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 edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “clíamain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language