cluin

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ro·cluinethar, from Proto-Celtic *klinu-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥-n-u-, *ḱl̥nu- (compare Sanskrit शृणुते (śr̥ṇute, “hears”)) from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [kl̪ˠɪnʲ]
• (Aran) IPA: [klɨn]

Verb

cluin (present analytic cluineann, future analytic cluinfidh, verbal noun cloisteáil, past participle cluinte)

1. to hear

Conjugation

Conjugation

Finite forms

	Analytic	1st sing.	2d sing.	3d sing.	Autonomous
		1st pl.	2d pl.	3d pl.
Present	cluineann	cluinim	cluinir*		cluintear
		cluinimid		cluinid*
Imperfect	chluineadh	chluininn	chluinteá		chluintí
		chluinimis		chluinidís
Past	chuala	chualas*	chualais*		chualathas
		chualamar	chualabhar*	chualadar*
Future	cluinfidh	cluinfead*	cluinfir*		cluinfear
		cluinfimid		cluinfid*
Conditional	chluinfeadh	chluinfinn	chluinfeá		chluinfí
		chluinfimis		chluinfidís
Present subjunctive	cluine	cluinead*	cluinir*		cluintear
		cluinimid		cluinid*
Past subjunctive	cluineadh	cluininn	cluinteá		cluintí
		cluinimis		cluinidís
Imperative	cluineadh	cluinim	cluin		cluintear
		cluinimis	cluinigí; cluinidh*	cluinidís
*(Nonstandard)

Past participle

cluinte

Verbal noun

cloisteáil

Synonyms

• clois

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cluin	chluin	gcluin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ro·cluinethar, from Proto-Celtic *klinu-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥-n-u-, *ḱl̥nu- (compare Sanskrit शृणुते (śr̥ṇute, “hears”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”).

Verb

cluin (verbal noun cluinaghtyn, past tense form cheayll, past participle cluinit or clinnit)

1. to hear

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cluin	chluin	gluin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Synonyms

• clasht

Derived terms

• aachluinn