claonas

Irish

Etymology

From claon (“inclined, sloping”) +‎ -as.

Noun

claonas m (genitive singular claonais, nominative plural claonais)

1. dip (lower section of a road or geological feature; inclination downward)

Declension

Declension of claonas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative claonas claonais Vocative a chlaonais a chlaonasa Genitive claonais claonas Dative claonas claonais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an claonas na claonais Genitive an chlaonais na gclaonas Dative leis an gclaonas don chlaonas leis na claonais

Derived terms

• antachlaonasach
• aonchlaonas
• claonas maighnéadach
• snáthaid chlaonais

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
claonas	chlaonas	gclaonas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “claonas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “claonas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “claonas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024