cleamhnas
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish clemnas, from the root of cliamhain + -as.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cleamhnas m (genitive singular cleamhnais, nominative plural cleamhnais or cleamhnaistí)
- relationship or connection by marriage, affinity (family relationship through marriage)
- i gcleamhnas ― related by marriage
- marriage alliance
- match (arrangement of marriage), arranged marriage
- déanamh cleamhnais ― matchmaking
- betrothal, espousal
Declension
[edit]Declension of cleamhnas
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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- Alternative plural (all cases): cleamhnaistí
Derived terms
[edit]- cleamhnas cumainn (“love match”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cleamhnas | chleamhnas | gcleamhnas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ “cleamhnas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clemnas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 201, page 101
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cleaṁnas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 146
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cleamhnas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN