Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *ɸro- (whence ro-) + *klinutor (metathesized to *klunitor in Proto-Goidelic), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néwti (compare Sanskrit शृणोति (śṛṇoti, hears)) from *ḱlew- (to hear).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ro·cluinethar (prototonic ·cluinethar, verbal noun clúas)

  1. to hear

For quotations using this term, see Citations:rocluinethar.

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Irish: cluin
  • Manx: cluin
  • Scottish Gaelic: cluinn

Mutation

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

Further reading

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