clíabán

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cliab, from Proto-Celtic *kleibo-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (to lean).

Noun

clíabán m

  1. cradle

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Irish: cliabhán
  • Manx: clean

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
clíabánchlíabánclíabán
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “cliabh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN

Further reading

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