Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Irish clúain, from Proto-Celtic *klownis.

Noun edit

cluain f (genitive singular cluana, nominative plural cluainte or cluanta)

  1. meadow
    Synonym: móinéar
  2. after-grass
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • English: Cloyne

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Irish clúain.

Noun edit

cluain f (genitive singular cluana)

  1. deception; persuasion, beguilement
  2. dissimulation
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cluain chluain gcluain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

References edit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 21