claonas

Irish

Etymology

From claon (“inclined, sloping”) +‎ -as.

Noun

claonas m (genitive singular claonais, nominative plural claonais)

1. dip (lower section of a road or geological feature; inclination downward)

Declension

Declension of claonas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative claonas claonais vocative a chlaonais a chlaonasa genitive claonais claonas dative claonas claonais forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an claonas na claonais genitive an chlaonais na gclaonas dative leis an gclaonas don chlaonas leis na claonais

Derived terms

• antachlaonasach
• aonchlaonas
• claonas maighnéadach
• snáthaid chlaonais

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of claonas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
claonas	chlaonas	gclaonas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “claonas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “claonas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “claonas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024