claonadh

Irish

Pronunciation

• Noun:
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkl̪ˠeːn̪ˠə/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈklˠiːnˠə/
  • (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈklˠiːnˠuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈklˠeːnˠu/, (older) /ˈklˠɯːnˠu/
• Impersonal past verb form:
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkl̪ˠeːn̪ˠəɡ/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈklˠiːnˠəvˠ/
  • (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈklˠiːnˠuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈklˠeːnˠu/, (older) /ˈklˠɯːnˠu/
• Third person imperative verb form:
  • (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkl̪ˠeːn̪ˠəx/
  • (Galway) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, siad) /ˈklˠiːnˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈklˠiːnˠəx/
  • (Mayo) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, siad) /ˈklˠiːnˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈklˠiːnˠuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, siad) /ˈklˠeːnˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈklˠeːnˠu/
  • (Ulster, older) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, siad) /ˈklˠɤːnˠətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈklˠɤːnˠu/

Noun

claonadh m (genitive singular claonta)

1. verbal noun of claon
2. inclination, bias
3. tendency, trend
4. perversion

Declension

Declension of claonadh

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative claonadh Vocative a chlaonadh Genitive claonta Dative claonadh

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an claonadh Genitive an chlaonta Dative leis an gclaonadh don chlaonadh

Verb

claonadh

1. inflection of claon:
   1. autonomous past indicative
   2. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
claonadh	chlaonadh	gclaonadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cláenad, verbal noun of cláenaid. By surface analysis, claon +‎ -adh.

Noun

claonadh m (genitive singular claonaidh, plural claonaidhean)

1. verbal noun of claon
2. slope, incline
3. obliqueness
4. squint
5. perversion
6. prejudice, bias
7. (grammar) declension

   Synonym: tuisealachadh

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
claonadh	chlaonadh
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), “cláenad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language