clíabán

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Middle Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish cliab, from Proto-Celtic *kleibo-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (to lean).

Noun[edit]

clíabán m

  1. cradle

Inflection[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants[edit]

  • Irish: cliabhán
  • Manx: clean

Mutation[edit]

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

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