cluain

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kluənʲ/, /kluːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /klũːnʲ/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

1. meadow

   Synonym: móinéar

2. after-grass

Declension

Declension of cluain

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cluain cluainte Vocative a chluain a chluainte Genitive cluana cluainte Dative cluain cluainte

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an chluain na cluainte Genitive na cluana na gcluainte Dative leis an gcluain don chluain leis na cluainte

• Alternative plural: cluanta

Derived terms

• Cluain f (“Cloyne”)
• Cluain Fearta f (“Clonfert”)
• Cluain Meala f (“Clonmel”)
• Cluain Mhic Nóis f (“Clonmacnoise”)
• cluanóg f (“grassy patch or nook”)

 

Descendants

• → English: Cloyne

Etymology 2

From Old Irish clúain.

Noun

cluain f (genitive singular cluana)

1. deception; persuasion, beguilement
2. dissimulation

Declension

Declension of cluain

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative cluain Vocative a chluain Genitive cluana Dative cluain

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an chluain Genitive na cluana Dative leis an gcluain don chluain

Derived terms

• cluanach (“deceitful; beguiling, flattering”, adjective)
• cluanaire m, cluanaí m (“deceiver, flatterer”)
• cluain chliceála f (“clickbait”)
• colúr cluana m (“stool-pigeon”)

Mutation

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cluain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cluain”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cluain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clúain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clúain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language