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cluin

cluin

Irish

Verb

cluin (present analytic cluineann, future analytic cluinfidh, verbal noun cluinstin, past participle cluinte)

  1. (Ulster, parts of Connacht) to hear

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • clois (Munster, parts of Connacht)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cluin chluin gcluin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ro·cluinethar, from Proto-Celtic *klinu-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥-n-u-, *ḱl̥nu- (compare Sanskrit शृणुते (śr̥ṇute, hears)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (to hear).

Verb

cluin (verbal noun cluinaghtyn, past tense form cheayll, past participle cluinit or clinnit)

  1. to hear

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cluin chluin gluin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Synonyms

Derived terms