claon

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cláen (stoop, slope, slant).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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claon m (genitive singular claoin, nominative plural claonta)

  1. incline, slope, slant
  2. inclination, tendency
  3. perversity

Declension

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Adjective

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claon (genitive singular masculine claoin, genitive singular feminine claoine, plural claona, comparative claoine)

  1. inclined, sloping, slanting
  2. bent down, reclining
  3. tending, prone to, partial to
  4. perverse

Derived terms

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Verb

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claon (present analytic claonann, future analytic claonfaidh, verbal noun claonadh, past participle claonta)

  1. to incline

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
claon chlaon gclaon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 31

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish cláenaid, a denominative verb from Old Irish clóen. Cognate with Irish claon and Manx cleayn.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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claon (past chlaon, future claonaidh, verbal noun claonadh, past participle claonte)

  1. slope, incline
  2. veer
  3. squint
  4. (grammar) decline

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Adjective

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claon

  1. sloping
  2. oblique