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

Mutation of clíamain

radical	lenition	nasalization
clíamain	chlíamain	clíamain pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

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