cloisint

Irish

Alternative forms

• cloistin, cloistint

Etymology

From Middle Irish cloisin +‎ -t.

Noun

cloisint f (genitive singular cloisinte)

1. verbal noun of clois

   Synonyms: cloisteáil, clos, cluinstin

   Bhí an teanga le cloisint ar gach taoibh. ― The language could be heard on every side.

Declension

Declension of cloisint

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cloisint Vocative a chloisint Genitive cloisinte Dative cloisint

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an chloisint Genitive na cloisinte Dative leis an gcloisint don chloisint

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cloisint	chloisint	gcloisint
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cloisteáil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN