cloicenn

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• cloicend

Etymology

From cloch (“stone”) +‎ cenn (“head”). Compare Welsh penglog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkloɡʲen͈]

Noun

cloicenn n

1. skull

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cloicennN	cloicennN	cloicennL, cloicenna
Vocative	cloicennN	cloicennN	cloicennL, cloicenna
Accusative	cloicennN	cloicennN	cloicennL, cloicenna
Genitive	cloicinnL	cloicenn	cloicennN
Dative	*cloiciunnL	cloicennaib	cloicennaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: cloigeann
• Manx: claigin
• Scottish Gaelic: claigeann

Mutation

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

References

• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 137, page 87
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cloicenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language