cliamhain

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish clíamain (“male relative-in-law”).

Noun

cliamhain m (genitive singular cliamhain or cleamhna, nominative plural cliamhaineacha or cleamhnacha or cliamhnacha)

1. son-in-law

Declension

Standard inflection (fourth declension):

Declension of cliamhain

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cliamhain cliamhaineacha Vocative a chliamhain a chliamhaineacha Genitive cliamhain cliamhaineacha Dative cliamhain cliamhaineacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cliamhain na cliamhaineacha Genitive an chliamhain na gcliamhaineacha Dative leis an gcliamhain don chliamhain leis na cliamhaineacha

• Alternative plural form: cliamhnacha

Alternative inflection (third declension):

Declension of cliamhain

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cliamhain cleamhnacha Vocative a chliamhain a chleamhnacha Genitive cleamhna cleamhnacha Dative cliamhain cleamhnacha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cliamhain na cleamhnacha Genitive an chleamhna na gcleamhnacha Dative leis an gcliamhain don chliamhain leis na cleamhnacha

Derived terms

• banchliamhain (“daughter-in-law”)
• cleamhnach (“related by marriage”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cliamhain	chliamhain	gcliamhain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clíamain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cliaṁain”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 148
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cliamhain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cliamhain”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cliamhain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024