clamhán
See also: clamhan
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish clamán (whence Scottish Gaelic clamhan). By surface analysis, clamh (“mangy animal”) + -án
Pronunciation
editNoun
editclamhán m (genitive singular clamháin, nominative plural clamháin)
- buzzard (bird of the genus Buteo)
- (specifically) common buzzard (Buteo buteo)
- bald patch (of hair, fur, land)
- dodder (plant of the genus Cuscuta)
Declension
editDeclension of clamhán
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| clamhán | chlamhán | gclamhán |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clamán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “claṁán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 144
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clamhán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 57
