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cliathán

Language

See also: cliathan

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Category:Irish terms inherited from Old Irish#CLIATHAN Category:Irish terms derived from Old Irish#CLIATHAN clíathán m (“side; loin (of meat)”).^[1] By surface analysis, cliath +‎ -ánCategory:Irish terms suffixed with -án#CLIATHAN.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /clʲiəˈhɑːn̪ˠ/, /clʲiːˈhɑːn̪ˠ/^[2]Category:Irish terms with IPA pronunciation#CLIATHAN
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲiːhanˠ/, /ˈclʲiːhan̪ˠ/^[3]Category:Irish terms with IPA pronunciation#CLIATHAN

Noun

cliathán m (genitive singular cliatháin, nominative plural cliatháin)Category:Irish lemmas#CLIATHAN Category:Irish nouns#CLIATHAN Category:Irish entries with incorrect language header#CLIATHAN Category:Irish masculine nouns#CLIATHAN Category:Pages with entries#CLIATHÁN Category:Pages with 1 entry#CLIATHÁN

flank, side

Declension

Declension of cliathán (first declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	cliathán	cliatháin
vocative	a chliatháin	a chliathána
genitive	cliatháin	cliathán
dative	cliathán	cliatháin

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an cliathán	na cliatháin
genitive	an chliatháin	na gcliathán
dative	leis an gcliathán don chliathán	leis na cliatháin

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Derived terms

ar na cliatháin (“on the flanks; on the wings”)
cíle chliatháin f (“leeboard”)
cliathán bagúin m (“side of bacon”)
cliathán den lá m (“a portion of the day”)
cliathán mairteola m (“side of beef”)
cliathánach
cliathánaí
i leith an chliatháin (“towards the side, sideways”)
leathchliathán m (“one flank”)
teacht le cliathán (“to come alongside”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *cliathán*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
cliathán	chliathán	gcliathán

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

References

↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clíathán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 203, page 102
↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 119, page 46

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cliathán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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