cloíne

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From clóen +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cloíne f (genitive cloíne, nominative plural cloíni)

  1. iniquity, wickedness
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 21c11
      .i. as·berat as nDía cloíne Macc, ol sodin as gó doib.
      i.e. who say that the Son is a God of iniquity, which, however, is a lie on their part.
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 55c19
      Cid in tan no·mbíth inna ligiu, ba ac imrádud chloíne no·bíth.
      Even when he used to be in his bed, he used to be meditating iniquity.
  2. (in the plural) evil deeds

Declension

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Feminine iā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cloíneL cloíniL cloíni
Vocative cloíneL cloíniL cloíni
Accusative cloíniN cloíniL cloíni
Genitive cloíne cloíneL cloíneN
Dative cloíniL cloínib cloínib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: claíne

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cloíne chloíne cloíne
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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