cliathán

See also: cliathan

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish clíathán m (“side; loin (of meat)”), from clíath f.

Pronunciation

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈclʲiːhanˠ/, /ˈclʲiːhan̪ˠ/[1]

Noun

cliathán m (genitive singular cliatháin, nominative plural cliatháin)

flank, side

Declension

Declension of cliathán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cliathán	cliatháin
Vocative	a chliatháin	a chliathána
Genitive	cliatháin	cliathán
Dative	cliathán	cliatháin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cliathán	na cliatháin
Genitive	an chliatháin	na gcliathán
Dative	leis an gcliathán don chliathán	leis na cliatháin

Derived terms

ar na cliatháin (“on the flanks; on the wings”)
cíle chliatháin f (“leeboard”)
cliathán bagúin m (“side of bacon”)
cliathán den lá m (“a portion of the day”)
cliathán mairteola m (“side of beef”)
cliathánach
cliathánaí
i leith an chliatháin (“towards the side, sideways”)
leathchliathán m (“one flank”)
teacht le cliathán (“to come alongside”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cliathán	chliathán	gcliathán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cliathán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “clíathán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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