cliabhán

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish clíabán. By surface analysis, cliabh +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /clʲiːˈvˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲiəwɑːnˠ/, /ˈclʲiəwɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲiəwanˠ/, /ˈclʲiəwan̪ˠ/

Noun

cliabhán m (genitive singular cliabháin, nominative plural cliabháin)

1. cradle
2. crib
3. cot

Declension

Declension of cliabhán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cliabhán cliabháin vocative a chliabháin a chliabhána genitive cliabháin cliabhán dative cliabhán cliabháin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cliabhán na cliabháin genitive an chliabháin na gcliabhán dative leis an gcliabhán don chliabhán leis na cliabháin

Mutation

Mutated forms of cliabhán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cliabhán	chliabhán	gcliabhán

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) “cliabhán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN