cloigeann
Irish
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish cloicenn (“skull”), from cloch + cenn.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cloigeann m (genitive singular cloiginn, nominative plural cloigne)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cloigeann
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- gearrchloigneach (“short-headed”, adjective)
Mutation
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| cloigeann | chloigeann | gcloigeann |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cloigeann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cloicenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language