cloicenn

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• cloicend

Etymology

From cloch (“stone”) +‎ cenn (“head”). Compare Welsh penglog, from the same words in the opposite order.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklo.ɡʲən̪/
  • (Blasse) [ˈklo.ɡʲen̪]
  • (Griffith) [ˈklo.ɡʲən̪]

Noun

cloicenn n

1. skull

Inflection

Neuter o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cloicennN	cloicennN	cloicennL, cloicenna
vocative	cloicennN	cloicennN	cloicennL, cloicenna
accusative	cloicennN	cloicennN	cloicennL, cloicenna
genitive	cloicinnL	cloicenn	cloicennN
dative	*cloiciunnL	cloicennaib	cloicennaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: cloigeann
• Manx: claigin
• Scottish Gaelic: claigeann

Mutation

Mutation of cloicenn

radical	lenition	nasalization
cloicenn	chloicenn	cloicenn pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 137, page 87; reprinted 2017
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cloicenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language