cluin

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ro·cluinethar, from Proto-Celtic *klinutor, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néwti (compare Sanskrit शृणोति (śṛṇoti, “hears”)) from *ḱlew- (“to hear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl̪ˠɪnʲ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /klɨn/

Verb

cluin (present analytic cluineann, future analytic cluinfidh, verbal noun cluinstin, past participle cluinte)

1. (Ulster, parts of Connacht) to hear

   Synonym: (Munster, parts of Connacht) clois

Conjugation

conjugation of cluin (irregular)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	cluinim	cluineann tú; cluinir†	cluineann sé, sí	cluinimid; cluineann muid	cluineann sibh	cluineann siad; cluinid†	a chluineann; a chluineas / a gcluineann*; a gcluineas*	cluintear
	past	chuala mé; chualas	chuala tú; chualais	chuala sé, sí	chualamar; chuala muid	chuala sibh; chualabhair	chuala siad; chualadar	a chuala / ar chuala*	chualathas
	past habitual	chluininn / gcluininn‡‡	chluinteá / gcluinteᇇ	chluineadh sé, sí / gcluineadh sé, s퇇	chluinimis; chluineadh muid / gcluinimis‡‡; gcluineadh muid‡‡	chluineadh sibh / gcluineadh sibh‡‡	chluinidís; chluineadh siad / gcluinidís‡‡; gcluineadh siad‡‡	a chluineadh / a gcluineadh*	chluintí / gcluint퇇
future		cluinfidh mé; cluinfead	cluinfidh tú; cluinfir†	cluinfidh sé, sí	cluinfimid; cluinfidh muid	cluinfidh sibh	cluinfidh siad; cluinfid†	a chluinfidh, a chluinfeas / a gcluinfidh*, a gcluinfeas*	cluinfear
conditional		chluinfinn / gcluinfinn‡‡	chluinfeá / gcluinfeᇇ	chluinfeadh sé, sí / gcluinfeadh sé, s퇇	chluinfimis; chluinfeadh muid / gcluinfimis‡‡; gcluinfeadh muid‡‡	chluinfeadh sibh / gcluinfeadh sibh‡‡	chluinfidís; chluinfeadh siad / gcluinfidís‡‡; gcluinfeadh siad‡‡	a chluinfeadh / a gcluinfeadh*	chluinfí / gcluinf퇇
subjunctive	present	go gcluine mé; go gcluinead†	go gcluine tú; go gcluinir†	go gcluine sé, sí	go gcluinimid; go gcluine muid	go gcluine sibh	go gcluine siad; go gcluinid†	—	go gcluintear
	past	dá gcluininn	dá gcluinteá	dá gcluineadh sé, sí	dá gcluinimis; dá gcluineadh muid	dá gcluineadh sibh	dá gcluinidís; dá gcluineadh siad	—	dá gcluintí
imperative		cluinim	cluin	cluineadh sé, sí	cluinimis	cluinigí; cluinidh†	cluinidís	—	cluintear
verbal noun		cluinstin
past participle		cluinte

*indirect relative
† dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of cluin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cluin	chluin	gcluin

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cluinim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cluin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ro·cluinethar, from Proto-Celtic *klinutor, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néwti (compare Sanskrit शृणोति (śṛṇoti, “hears”)) from *ḱlew- (“to hear”).

Verb

cluin (verbal noun cluinaghtyn, past tense form cheayll, past participle cluinit or clinnit)

1. to hear

   Synonym: clasht

Derived terms

• aachluinn

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cluin	chluin	gluin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.