cloisint

Irish

Alternative forms

• cloistin, cloistint

Etymology

From Middle Irish cloisin +‎ -t.

Noun

cloisint f (genitive singular cloisinte)

1. verbal noun of clois

   Synonyms: cloisteáil, clos, cluinstin

   Bhí an teanga le cloisint ar gach taoibh. ― The language could be heard on every side.

Declension

Declension of cloisint (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cloisint vocative a chloisint genitive cloisinte dative cloisint forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chloisint genitive na cloisinte dative leis an gcloisint don chloisint

Mutation

Mutated forms of cloisint

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cloisint	chloisint	gcloisint

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