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cloicenn

cloicenn

Old Irish

Noun

cloicenn n

skull

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
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Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: cloigeann
Manx: claigin
Scottish Gaelic: claigeann

References

Rudolf Thurneysen, A Grammar of Old Irish (Dublin, 1946), §137, p. 87
“cloicenn” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.