glún

See also: glùn

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡl̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡlˠuːnˠ/, /ɡl̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/

Noun

glún f pl

1. genitive plural of glúin

Noun

glún f (genitive singular glúine, nominative plural glúine)

1. Alternative form of glúin

Mutation

Mutated forms of glún

radical	lenition	eclipsis
glún	ghlún	nglún

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

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *glūnos (dissimilated from earlier *gnūnos), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡluːn/

Noun

glún n (genitive glúne or glúnae, nominative plural glúne or glúnae)

1. knee

Declension

Disyllabic inflections of this word exhibit consistent depalatalization in the glosses. It is uncertain why this is the case, since the first palatalization should apply in these inflections.

Neuter s-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	glúnN	glúnN	glúnaeL
Vocative	glúnN	glúnN	glúnaeL
Accusative	glúnN	glúnN	glúnaeL
Genitive	glúnaeL	glúnae	glúnaeN
Dative	glúinL	glúnaib	glúnaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: glúin
• Manx: glioon
• Scottish Gaelic: glùin

Mutation

Mutation of glún

radical	lenition	nasalization
glún	glún pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	nglún

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “glún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language