fáinne cluaise

See also: fàinne-chluaise, fáinne chluaise, and fàinne-cluaise

Irish

Noun

fáinne cluaise m (genitive singular fáinne chluaise, nominative plural fáinní cluaise)

1. earring

Derived terms

• fáinne cluaise simplí (“sleeper”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fáinne cluaise	fháinne cluaise	bhfáinne cluaise
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fáinne cluaise”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “earring”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Further reading

• Entries containing “fáinne cluaise” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.