cluaran

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • grualan (Lochalsh)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Irish cluarán.

Noun

cluaran m (genitive singular cluarain, plural cluarain or cluaranan)

  1. thistle

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cluaranchluaran
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cluaran”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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