cluain

Irish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰl̪ˠuəɲ/

Noun

cluain f (genitive singular cluaine, plural cluaintean or cluainean)

1. pasture, green field, meadow, lawn

Declension

Declension of cluain (class IIb feminine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cluain	cluaintean
Genitive	cluaine	chluaintean
Dative	cluain	cluaintean; cluainibh✝
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(a') chluain	(na) cluaintean
Genitive	(na) cluaine	(nan) cluaintean
Dative	(a') chluain	(na) cluaintean; cluainibh✝
Vocative	chluain	chluaintean

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

• Alternative dative singular: cluainidh

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
cluain	chluain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “cluain”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN