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cliathán

cliathán

See also: cliathan

Irish

Noun

cliathán m ‎(genitive singular cliatháin, nominative plural cliatháin)

flank, side

Declension

Declension of cliathán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cliathán	cliatháin
Vocative	a chliatháin	a chliathána
Genitive	cliatháin	cliathán
Dative	cliathán	cliatháin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cliathán	na cliatháin
Genitive	an chliatháin	na gcliathán
Dative	leis an gcliathán don chliathán	leis na cliatháin

Derived terms

Terms derived from cliathán

ar na cliatháin ‎(“on the flanks; on the wings”)
cíle chliatháin f ‎(“leeboard”)
cliathán bagúin m ‎(“side of bacon”)

cliathán den lá m ‎(“a portion of the day”)
cliathán mairteola m ‎(“side of beef”)
i leith an chliatháin ‎(“towards the side, sideways”)

leathchliathán m ‎(“one flank”)
teacht le cliathán ‎(“to come alongside”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cliathán	chliathán	gcliathán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"cliathán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“clíathán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.