clíabán
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Middle Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cliab, from Proto-Celtic *kleibo-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”).
Noun
clíabán m
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| clíabán | chlíabán | clíabán pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cliabh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clíabán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Middle Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Middle Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Middle Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Middle Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Middle Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Middle Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Middle Irish lemmas
- Middle Irish nouns
- Middle Irish masculine nouns