fáinne cluaise

See also: fàinne-chluaise, fáinne chluaise, and fàinne-cluaise

Irish

Noun

fáinne cluaise m (genitive singular fáinne chluaise, nominative plural fáinní cluaise)

1. earring

Derived terms

• fáinne cluaise simplí (“sleeper”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fáinne cluaise

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fáinne cluaise	fháinne cluaise	bhfáinne cluaise

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fáinne cluaise”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “earring”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fáinne cluaise”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm